One uncomfortable truth about this still incredibly rich country is that fully half of middle-aged and older Americans own essentially nothing. The median 50-year-old has no retirement savings to speak of. Not "inadequate savings to retire comfortably with," but none, or so close to none...
social security is the bulwark of liberal fascism
Shorter Verbatim Jonah Goldberg: "...this election year does look quite a bit like Hoover vs. Roosevelt (and given that choice, I'll take Hoover.)" He goes on to defend the constitutional.