1)The GOP can't win without the senior vote.

2)So they promise the 55 and over extravagant boosts in Medicare benefits. ("Obama wants to take away your Medicare!")

3)To save the system, witholding has to go up and benefits have to be reduced. Do the math.

4))But we know that benefits are payed for by the younger, 65 and under crowd's, witholding taxes.

5) With increasing benefits, the witholding can't keep up without crushing payroll taxes. The system will go broke that much sooner.

6)A situation is set up to deliberately provoke inter-generational warfare, pitting the under and over 55s against each other for diminishing resources. The under-55s will provide the future voters needed to destroy Medicare, and Social Security, to free up all that money for their privatizing, vocherizing Wall Street and health insurance company pals.

7) Divide and conquer, class warfare, cynicism on a high order.