Current Event 1- 4th Quarter

This week, I read an editorial from the Washington Post about the failing of Social Security and Medicare. The problem seems to just be getting larger and larger but is being pushed farther and farther down the political agenda. The author believed that President Obama needs to make this issue a priority, which I'm sure we all can agree with. Why are we spending so much time worrying about interrogations from the last presidency when we should be worrying about the present? I would actually like to have money when I retire but at this rate I'll only have, like, a dollar. You can't really retire on that.