AARP = Blood Sucking Parasite

People talk about potential benefit cuts as if they would be war crimes. The unspeakable truth—unspeakable because hardly anyone speaks it—is that benefit cuts are inevitable, because the baby boom's retirement costs will force them.

ALso from the same article: "We ought to nudge these programs back toward their original purpose as safety nets—and not retirement subsidies." Holy crap, did I just read something that made sense?

And about Bush: "Obscuration may actually be Bush's aim." Exactly -- I think Bush is merely proposing a meaningless change that is barely passable in Congress just so he can get the forces of change moving an inch. Will it be the start of something meaningful? Beats me. But anything is a start of something, in this case. If Bush's proposal passes and is a huge failuer, then great -- maybe it will motivate the country to seek out a real fix.

OK, I am done with the Social Security blogging. Do we have a defensive coordinator yet? Are we resigning Anthony Henry or what? There are many, many issues at hand that are more readily addressed.