Social Security: It's Worse Than You Think
From RealClearMarkets
January 5, 2013 - 11:38pm
King & Soneji, New York TimesIn the first presidential debate, Mr. Obama described Social Security as “structurally sound,” and Mitt Romney said that “neither the president nor I are proposing any changes” to the program. It was a rare issue on which both men agreed — and both were utterly wrong.
January 5, 2013 - 11:38pm
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