What’s All the Fuss?
I just finished watching an episode of West Wing from last season where Toby fixes Social Security for good. And all in one night! I mean, if it's that simple, what's with all the blather we're hearing now? The teevee said it's easy, it wouldn't lie now, would it?
More seriously, though, it's been pretty interesting to look back at this fictional Democratic administration's apocalyptic vision of the SS crisis. I vaguely remember Bill C. talking about reform and maybe privatization (right?), but looking at the situation now it doesn't seem as dire as everyone seems to have thought it was. Now, that reminds me of a certainty that everyone seemed to have about something else, oh, roughly two years ago, but let's not mix imminently dangerous apples with imminently disastrous oranges.