Proposed Alternative to the Privatization of Social Security

Our nation is on the verge of a crisis. The money that is put aside for Social Security and the benefit of our elders is drying up. Because of this, our president has announced in his State of the Union address that Social Security should be privatized. The benefits of this plan, according to Mr. President, would allow the people to take the money out of social security, and place it in their own investments, thus alleviating the pressure from the government. Democrats are deeply troubled by this proposal and claim that this course of action would be disastrous for seniors. According to Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, "it's wrong to replace the guaranteed benefit that Americans have earned with a guaranteed benefit cut of 40% or more. Make no mistake, that's exactly what President Bush is proposing," in rebuttal to President Bush’s plans of privatization on Thursday Feb 3, 2005. Whichever way you view the situation, whether you’re with President Bush, or against him, we can all agree that we have a major problem on our hands. If something is not changed with the current system, the younger generation will face either a dramatic increase in taxes, or a dramatic cut in Social Security benefits. While the Bush plan has some merits, I believe that we are approaching the problem of social security from the wrong perspective. When one weeds a garden, one doesn’t simply cut off the leaves of the weeds and leaves it to grow the next year, one digs up the root so the problem is solved permanently. The solution of privatizing Social Security is but curing the symptoms of the problem and not the root. I’m proposing we get to the source of our problems.

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Finally, the most ingenious part of my proposal: an unlimited energy source. The dehydrated bodies are excellent fuel to power the turbans of our modern electric plants, and since human bodies are a renewable source of energy, we can stop the mad plans of trying to develop the so-called “environmentally friendly” sources of energy like wind or solar power in the favor of the much more natural “human power”.

The money generated from these proceeds, I propose, will go towards making the last days of the elders’ lives much more comfortable than the meager amount of money our government currently devotes to Social Security, and the rest can be used to benefit society as a whole. With such benefits and no risks, I believe I may have just stumbled onto a brilliant solution to the Social Security problem.