Great WP op-ed today by Robert Samuelson on an issue that is receiving zero attention in this year's election: the future of the next generation. Samuelson notes the combination of the Great Recession, aging and rising health care costs puts young people today in a real squeeze. They are at risk, he argues, of having a lower standard of living than their parents.
Simple arithmetic dictates that at least one of the following will happen: retirement ages for Social Security and Medicare will be raised, taxes will be increased or government services will deteriorate. But no one is campaigning on this platform, are they? Samuelson's closing quote is priceless: "There are real conflicts between the young and old; so far, the young are losing."
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