P.A. puts a fine point on the matter:
"Let's face it - when ~30% of the population believes in UFO's and space aliens, and you can only scrape up 15% that think social security is all ducky, you got a major perception problem, right?"Unless, of course, you're a pinhead Senator from Nevada whose name starts with "R" and ends with "eid:"
“This is something that’s perpetuated by people who don’t like government. Social Security is fine,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said recently on NBC’s Meet the Press.There you have it; Democracy now. According to Harry, 77% of the people don't like gub'mint.