Sunday Reader

The very entity institutionalized in our Constitution that is supposed to inform Americans so that the electorate can make informed decisions has become nothing more than a water carrier for those whose fortunes depend on misleading American citizens. (I said that)

This is a staggering scandal for the media. I have yet to see a straightforward, non-ideological, non-argumentative piece in any major paper that describes the actual condition of Social Security. The core fact is that Social Security has not contributed a dime to the deficit, but has piled up trillions in surpluses, which the government has borrowed and spent. Social Security’s surpluses have actually offset the impact of the deficit, beginning with Reagan.

(William Greider said that)

Interview with William Greider