August 09, 2005
P.J. O'Rourke
had a nice little article in the Atlantic this past spring that I somehow missed. It's a short summary of the Social Security debate, and it highlights the problem I've always had with Social Security: if this is something that we give to impoverished seniors, why do we also give it to the rich?
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Is it simply an inefficient government-run pension fund? Or is it a social service for the poor? If the former, why not make it efficient? If the latter, why not means-test it?
Because, as O'Rourke points out, everyone wants to have it both ways. Which is a human nature problem, really.
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PJ O'Rourke is the best writer in politics, period. It's a damn crime he doesn't blog on his website. The world needs more of his wisdom.
Not to mention he's so funny, I've almost coughed up internal organs while reading his work...
Posted by: Douglas at August 10, 2005 08:34 AM (OmbZr)
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Well. There's Hitchens. And there's Steyn.
I miss Michael Kelly.
Posted by: Attila Girl at August 10, 2005 11:24 AM (RGWNz)
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