Larry Elder on Social Security

Clock is ticking on unsustainable program

But it is equally true that both Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton called Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security--without reforms--"unsustainable." Were those Democratic presidents seeking to "sunset" these programs?

Both Republican and Democrat presidents concede that without reforms these programs are "unsustainable," yet members of both parties attack reform as "risky" and "irresponsible." Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking.