>>. The resulting $7b deficit for 2016 is to be covered by a Federal loan "to be paid back over time" which is code for tacking it onto the deficit for some future unfortunates to cover.
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Actually, that's nothing more than federally funded medical care for seniors, which is really what we should have here.

I wish you could spend some time with the seniors here whose medicare premiums are deducted from their social security income. For some, that is their only means of support. Any increase in premiums would be devastating to them.

I'm amazed that you focus on the revenue side of the issue, while the expense side is running away with all the cash.
Any CFO of a serious company who took that position wouldn't last 5 minutes.