Raising Medicare's Retirement Age
Raising Medicare’s retirement age increases the progressivity of government health benefits, and protects minorities: the opposite of what opponents contend. Indeed, reducing Medicare spending via Congress’ traditional rationing methods is far more harmful to low-income seniors.
full articleRecent Other Voices
What Recessison? - Liz Farmer, Governing Magazine
Metropolitan areas in Texas and Oklahoma are leading the nation in their overall recovery from the...
Pork Barrel Hurricane Relief - Edward Morrissey, The Fiscal Times
Instead of providing a focus on the victims, or a focus on the nation’s bottom line,...
NY's Long Deficit Shuffle - State Budget Task Force
Rather than balance their budget, New York legislators have used some $25 billion in one-shot...
Post Election Regulatory Cliff - Matthew Daly, Associated Press
While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political...
