The Washington Post editorial board buys into the Social Security ‘crisis’ logic; then opts for the Goldilocks middle path. Broderism ascendent?
A special moment from the Post editors on learning to love inflation indexing …
“If workers aren’t happy with a pension that, while generous in relation to the living standards of their younger years, feels stingy in relation to their earnings immediately before retirement, they can, if not in the lower brackets, save privately to supplement their Social Security benefit; if healthy, they also can postpone retirement.”
