…The notion that Boomers are inherently selfish was not invented by privatizers, instead they latched onto a theme that had been developing since about 1964 when the first Boomers arrived…

…to overstate how central the unjustified label of “fiscal conservative” is to the Ryan brand and the GOP’s strategy. As Clinton understood in the 1990s, “fiscal responsibility” is a values…

…Costa, “Philly Fed economist Shigeru Fujita argues that the shrinking of the U.S. workforce over the past year and half was “entirely due to retirement” of baby boomers.” http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/12/09/work-force-is-shrinking-because-of-retiring-boomers-philly-fed-paper-argues/ Apparently…

Update: By Dale Coberly (was inadvertently omitted as author, although regulars know and the label names him) SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH or how to lie with numbers “Math doesn’t…

…in 2028 as Baby Boomers age. Second is the reality that MA harbors an arbitrage game in which CMS overpays MA Plans without achieving demonstratable clinical benefit to patients.  When such adjustments…