From an article in today’s Washington Post, which suggests that we should abolish retirment benefits based on age, and only pay them to the disabled aged:
…”It’s an argument for ending the link between age and benefits. Social Security actually consists of three programs. One pays benefits based on age; another pays if you lose your spouse; a third pays if you become disabled. As of 2002, 70 percent of the money paid out was based on age; only 15 percent was based on disability. That’s insane. Inequality of aging means that age is a bad proxy for disability, which is a good proxy for need. If you turn 65 on the same day as your neighbor, but she’s disabled and you aren’t, we should pay her, not you.” Full article here:
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