generation go into retirement and old age without a safety net of any kind. in fact he told "newsweek" in an interview, i don't think our founding fathers when they were putting the term welfare in the institution were thinking about a federally-operated program of pensions nor a federally-operated program of health care. so the goal in rick perry's america would be what, to save from the wages so many americans don't have because they don't have jobs, invest those non-existent wages in private accounts on the stock market that crashes every other week? leave it up to the stakes to -- leave it to 0 the states to have entitlements or not. to have a social safety net or not? it is hard to say because rick perry hasn't seemed terribly anxious to discuss his plans for social security on the campaign trail. why? if he says it is in big trouble, it is a lie, a ponzi scheme,