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November 12, 2010

The Truth About Entitlements

As Insty might say, read the whole thing.

Upshot: SS and Medicaid are broken in principle. They cannot be "fixed" without fundamentally altering their basic design. It is morally wrong to continue as we are; it is wrong to burden ourselves and our children by outlandish and unsustainable promises made by men long dead.

It's like that Sam Cooke song I linked in my Briefing thread this morning: A change is gonna come.


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