When your column is headlined "It's the Elderly, Stupid," I guess readers should know what to expect. Robert Samuelson delivers in today's Washington Post (a column that will appear elsewhere around the country, unfortunately), in a nasty diatribe about the kind of debt debate he thinks the country should be having–one that blames older people: Older Americans do not intend to ruin America, but as a group, that's what they're about. On average, the federal government supports each American 65 and over by about $26,000 a year (about $14,000 through Social Security, $12,000 through Medicare). At 65, the average American [...]
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Jul
29
2011
Robert Samuelson: We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Old
Filed Under: Budget, Media Criticism, Social Security, Washington Post Tagged With: elderly, Robert Samuelson

