(Source: New York Times opinion column by Tom Edsall, March 6, 2013)
NEW YORK — The debate over reform of Social Security and Medicare is taking place in a vacuum, without adequate consideration of fundamental facts.
In this kind of conflict over limited goods, one of the most valuable resources that can get lost in the fray is the wisdom of the electorate at large. In this case, the electorate is pointing toward progressive tax increases for those closer to the top far more readily than members of the political class, for whom high-earners are a crucial source of campaign contributions.
The very nature of the basic security Americans are entitled to is at stake.
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