On Entitlements, Seniors Are the Problem (Video)
Forget the red-blue theater, geezers are feeding off the young
While Romney and Obama trade punches over who can best save Medicare and Medicaid, perhaps it's time to reaquaint ourselves with just how insane these programs are.
Here is the original text from the Jan. 30, 2012 video:
"When you look at government policies, there's a massive transfer of wealth from the young and relatively poor members of society toward the old and relatively rich members of society," says Veronique de Rugy, a Reason magazine columnist and economist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
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