Thursday, May 03, 2012

Getting Older

It isn't going to be cheap, but policymakers really need to start thinking about how to deal with the growing transportation crisis that's coming. People who can't drive are stuck in their homes in big parts of the country.

I used to be more sanguine about certain parts of our politics, based on the idea that promising free stuff to old people who vote would always be a pretty good way to win elections. Somehow there's a disconnect.