Editorial: As Social Security and Medicare dwindle …
by Chicago Tribune
Jun 11, 2018
2 minutes
Fiscal calamities are sometimes sudden and unforeseen. A war or natural catastrophe can require lots of money on short notice. A recession depletes revenues that were already spoken for.
But the crisis in funding for Social Security and Medicare is not that kind. In fact, it's the most predictable budget crisis the nation has ever faced. Policymakers, alas, have taken its slow
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