Less Abortion, More Support For Retirees

Potential Republican Presidential nominees continue to give lip service to American concerns over the economy, by claiming our economic woes can only be addressed through a return to conservative stances on social issues.

This time it's Rick Santorum, tying concerns related to Social Security with "abortion culture."

Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on a radio show Tuesday that the "abortion culture" in the United States is in part to blame for projected shortcomings in Social Security.

"The Social Security system, in my opinion, is a flawed design, period. But having said that, the design would work a lot better if we had stable demographic trends," Santorum said on WEZS Radio in New Hampshire. "We don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion."

I continue to predict this will be a major theme of the 2012 Republican primary season.  Marriage equality + gays in the military + funding for Planned Parenthood + benefits to single mothers + whatever-all-else = ECONOMIC INSTABILITY.