The tyranny of healthier seniors

Krugman digs up the source of that closing Palin quote about the ongoing need to defend our liberties.  It’s from a Ronald Reagan ad against Medicare–a program most Americans today would rather expand than end in the name of “freedom.”

Thoughts on Social Security

Marketplace did an interesting story on what the under-30 set thinks about the economy.  A recent poll found that the economy is the number one issue for this group in this election cycle–the first time in five years that that honor did not go to the Iraq war.
During the reporter’s interviews with twenty-somethings, Social Security [...]