Between Will Saletan’s judicious number-crunching in biology and the Diamond/Orzag plan as relayed by Jonathan Weisman we may just be asymptotically approaching (as Mickey would say) a sensible, pragmatic response to the President’s Social Security gambit. It’s about time! The president is only moments away from offering to replace the Lincoln memorial with a giant statue of Kent Conrad!
The solution? Punch up the wage cap, trim benefits (Diamond/Orzag), and raise the retirement age (Saletan).
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Democrats in Denver, Republicans in St. Paul, and Iraqis in Anbar.
Links Mentioned: Robert Caro on Obama … Americans hand over Anbar … John Kerry’s surprisingly good convention speech … Sarah Palin’s governing problems
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