By Jeff Nygaard Reprinted (with permission) from Nygaard Notes Recently the Associated Press (AP) published a four-part series of stories examining “the state of Social Security and its long-term health.” The AP said that “Few things affect more Americans than the future of Social Security, and yet it’s an issue mostly invisible during the…
Reprinted from Campaign for America’s Future (July 30, 2012) By Dave Johnson The New York Times contains another elite-columnist attack on our Social Security and Medicare systems today. This time it’s in the form of an op-ed by Bill Keller. Recently and regularly, New York Times columnists David Brooks and Tom Friedman have also gone after the things…
Reprinted from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (July 29, 2012) By Dean Baker The effort by the rich to take away Social Security keeps building momentum. Today Bill Keller urges his fellow baby boomers: “FELLOW boomers, we have done more than our share to make this mess. It’s not our fault that there…
Reprinted with permission from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (March 30, 2012) By Dean Baker This could well have been the want-ad Esquire used to attract a writer for its story titled, “War Against Youth.” This lengthy piece is the best compendium of warped logic and misplaced facts on this topic since…
By Matt Taibbi “David Brooks, the [gratuitous insult deleted], wrote this this morning entitled “Mitt Romney, the Serious One.” In it, he explained how Romney’s recent decision to unveil a plan for reforming the entitlement system “demonstrates his awareness of the issues that need to define the 2012 presidential election.” Romney grasped the toughest issue –…