How to Become the Badguy

It is just the third week of spring quarter, and I have firmly entrenched myself as the bastard in my economics class.

Today we got into a discussion about possible ways to "fix" social security. The usual suggestions were mentioned throughout the class. "We can increases social security tax," "we can raise the retirement age," and other such suggestions. There was on that no one seemed willing to say, even though it seemed obvious to me.

"We could restrict eligibility of benefits and decrease the payout," I offered.

*silence*

At that moment, I became the bastard. The cold heartless sonofabitch who did not want to subsidize everyone's grandparent's retirement.

I'm just an economics 101 student. I don't pretend to know how to actually fix social security, nor do I have the authority to make, or even suggest such changes. It was just an idea.