Here’s a letter Yglesias and I both got in response to my Social Security column yesterday and Matt’s comments at TalkingPointsMemo: A reductio ad absurdum argument that I believe strongly counters Mr. Sanchez’s argument that Social Security not be considered an insurance program, mentioned critically by you in TPM: “Neither is the notion of health […]

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How do you protect a potentially unpopular welfare program? Hide it in a huge, bloated, unnecessary “social insurance” program! That’s the gist of “Social Security’s Progressive Paradox”

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