Gail Collins on the real way to fix the system
(NEWSER) - Mitt Romney recently gave a speech on Social Security, and no one noticed—people were distracted by all the empty seats. But Gail Collins was listening. "Romney has several ideas for Social Security, all involving cuts in benefits," she reports in the New York Times . Chief among them: Raising the retirement age. After all, back when Social Security started, life expectance was 60-64 years. Now 60-somethings on TV talk about "living out their dreams… If they have that much energy, why not make them keep working?" More»
