retirement entitlements.
THAT is the heart and soul of this crisis.
We are paying benefits that were established when life expectancy was way way less than it is now.
Maybe we scale back what you can get at the present retirement age (and let those in their 60's supplement with part time jobs) and then increase it as folks get older and can no longer work.
There has to be a compromise solution BUT NO ONE DARES TO EVEN RAISE THE SUBJECT.