Ramesh,

While I can see why one would be amicable to these proposals as a way to save money, why not advocate for reforming social security and moving to private accounts instead? Sure, we could raise the social security age, but it won’t take long until we realize that we need to raise it again. The same thing can be said about reducing Social Security benefits for the well-off. The next step could very well be to exclude them entirely. I may be a purist, or an alarmist, but I always worry about advocating for band-aids type policies rather than full-blown reforms.

Yet, I agree with you that this wasn’t too bad considering the publication.