It's a commonly held belief in the US that anyone proposing to reduce benefits or increase retirement ages in the Social Security program is political suicide.
It's tragic that we cannot seem to agree that it needs to be fixed, nevermind how to fix it.
I'm not trying to start a flamewar. But this seems like a flaw in democracy. Why aren't we angry and upset? Why is the public so passive?
I like democracy, but maybe I have failed to understand that it is just a projection of regular human flaws. As individuals, we are poor at planning long term. Maybe that applies to groups also.