http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/46977.html
Michael Kinsley never fails to say somethng fresh, original and on target. He has articulated in books and many artiicles something I have long believed--that the long-term problems America faces are largely the creation not of "the politicians" or "the liberals" (or the "conservatives" or the Republicans) but of the American public, which demands things of its government that it doesnt want to pay for (then makes an elaborate show--a la the Tea Party--of disliking government spending!!)
Here he poses what may be a slightly toungue-in-cheek solution to a real problem---the massive transfer of wealth and power across generations to the elderly.
Isn't it ironic that, in the country where the dominant philosophy is "personal responsibility" (or "every man for himself" or "welfare mothers hands off my tax dollars"), nobody wants to actually pay for stuff they want and they want now? Either credit cards or the money-printing machine known as the Treasury would always come to the rescue, because it is the politicians who promise free lunch that are elected.
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