Opinion
The Editorial Board
America Is Living on Borrowed Money
Republicans must accept the necessity of collecting what the government is owed and of imposing taxes on the wealthy. Democrats must recognize that changes to Social Security and Medicare, the major drivers of expected federal spending growth, should be on the table. Anything less will prove fiscally unsustainable.
If you touch my Social Security, which I earned, and live on, and Medicare, which I have been promised my whole life and that is my literal crutch if I break down, I will do something unusual. It would ruin my last years. It is very alarming to read this from the Editorial Board of the New York Times.
