In a capitalistic economy
We micromanage all of our money.
  Spending dollars at will
  On investments or swill;
We can be as risky as we want to be

So people rack up their own debts
Through poor planning or Super Bowl bets.
  But it's not a pure schism
  Away from socialism
Since we still have a few safety nets.

The one least shrouded by obscurity
Is the much-maligned Social Security.
  Young folks see a grim fate
  As their funds dissipate
Before ever reaching maturity.

It was started Nineteen Thirty-Five,
As the Democrats then did contrive.
  The Republicans lost
  Complaining of high cost,
And the system to this day survived.

But it may not survive for much longer
Unless fiscal support can grow stronger.
  The current solutions
  Are flimsy illusions
That keep getting wronger and wronger.

First advised were cuts in Medicare,
Which old folks found simply unfair.
  They said "We won't pay
  For the kids of today,
It's your system that's beyond repair."

So we thought why not just increase tax
To get funding that the system lacks?
  But nobody will vote
  To help bail out the boat
If it means water on their own backs.

Then the plot that came as a real shock,
Investing all the money in stock.
  Even Alan Greenspan
  Sees that it's a poor plan
Which the country should rightfully mock.

Why not just toss our savings in keno
At an upscale Vegas casino?
  If gambling's taking place
  Let's go find a horse race;
The payoff's no worse as far as we know.

There is far too much truth in the rumors
That the earnings from modern consumers
  Will not be enough
  When push comes to shove
To support all of the baby boomers.

So unless it somehow self-corrects,
It won't be there when we need it next.
  Once the boomers are paid,
  All the money will fade:
Not a cent for Generation X.

So the system continues to rust,
As we wait for it all to go bust.
  What a great legacy
  We've left our progeny:
A "Security" no one can trust.