Has Stephen Hess, government affairs mandarin and resident quote-meister at Brookings, gotten out of the office recently? Read a paper? Chatted with a Democrat?
Here’s what he told the Baton Rouge Advocate about the future of Social Security: “Nobody denies that it’s a serious question and future train wreck. The debate itself is worthy.”
Nobody denies it’s a future “train wreck”? If I’m not mistaken, whether Social Security is headed for a budgetary “train wreck” is precisely what’s being argued about right now.
