MITT ROMNEY’S Social Security blunder.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 8th at 09:30 AM  | 

You’ve probably read by now Mitt Romney adviser Stuart Stevens’ gleeful email to Ben Smith – and might I add that there is something unseemly about an ostensible Republican using Politico for what is essentially an internal debate? – crowing over Governor Rick Perry’s rather sensible observation that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme: He has lost. No federal candidate has ever won on the | Read More »

The Hill: No SS reform from Obama administration.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 15th at 06:00 PM  | 

OK, that’s not the title of the piece. The title of the piece is “Social Security reform splits White House political, economic teams.” I’m merely providing a translation from the original Beltwayese. The problem is this: somebody told The Hill that Obama’s advisers are broken up into two groups. The first group consists of the financial people, who are patiently explaining that Social Security is | Read More »

Half of the country wants out of Social Security.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 22nd at 09:22 AM  | 

49% want the chance to opt out, 37% don’t. This was the sentence that jumped out at me: A majority of voters under 50 say workers should be allowed to opt out. A plurality of those over 50 disagree. Speaking as a voter under 50, let me say that both the under-50 and the over-50 positions make perfect sense. I’ve been putting money into Social | Read More »