January 12, 2005

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Iceberg Cometh

The battle will rage fast and furious and the common man will not know the facts. The battle will be on of claims based on projections in the trillions of dollars.

As usual, Krugman sees a glass is half empty. The reality of all this, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other social programs is the likelihood that they are unsustainable in their present forms. Our appetites outweigh our ability to pay for the social order we entice ourselves into believing we deserve.

Here's the answer: Eliminate war and evil in the world. We could live far mor cheaply without them.

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