Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Hating Democracy

I think this column by Not Paul's Son Samuelson provides good insight into the common thinking of Villagers. Retirees, 12.4% of the population, are a "pressure group." He lumps Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security together so he can make a nonexistent case against Social Security. And then, finally, he advocates a "bipartisan commission" of wise village elders who agree with him on just how much old people should have their benefits cut to come up with a plan which Congress would force themselves to vote on without amendments so that they do the right thing, which is precisely what Samuelson wants them to do but which voters don't.