Max wrote:
>There is NO regard of the fact that diverting the 2% from the trust fund
>(known as a 'carve-out') makes the bankruptcy 'problem' much worse, much
>sooner, and does nothing for the ROR within SocSec. So PK is right, there
>is no plan. It's nice to see MF go
>on the record to that
. . .
PK goes on to critique the Feldstein/Samwick paper. I think he's totally
right here: the F/S paper has the Bush-like plan running down the social
security trust fund much faster than is currently expected. But then the
benefits of the plan -- which are based on a theory that's very simil
>August 2, 2000 / New York TIMES
RECKONINGS / By PAUL KRUGMAN
Man Without a Plan
>Sometimes you just have to concede defeat. I read the Republican platform
carefully, hoping to find some
substance -- say, in the section on retirement security. But there is no
there there.
>So I turned ins
