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Is the US Facing Generational Warfare?
The Obama and Romney campaigns are battling over Medicare and, less openly, the so-called "Third Rail of Politics:" Social Security . In 1940, there were 159 workers for every elderly recipient of Social Security, plenty of younger people to pay benefits for the old. An aging population has radically changed that.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Obama and Romney campaigns are battling over Medicare and, less openly, the so-called "Third Rail of Politics:" Social Security. In 1940, there were 159 workers for every elderly recipient of Social Security, plenty of younger people to pay benefits for the old. An aging population has radically changed that. Now, those 159 workers have dwindled to only three, and they're paying for their parents' Medicare and Social Security. In the meantime, the elderly have become better off than their children and grandchildren. Is this a recipe for generational warfare? Is there a need to reform the social programs before it's too late?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Nick Gillespie
Reason.com and Reason TV
Nancy Altman
Social Security Works
Margot Sanger-Katz
New York Times reporter covering health care policy and public health
The full episode
2 of 3Do Social Security and Medicare Need to Be Reformed?- 0:00Afghan Attack Hits Aircraft of Top US General
- 7:32Is the US Facing Generational Warfare?You’re reading this
- 40:04Nonprofits Groups and Dark Money in the Presidential Campaign