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July 06, 2005
New Life to a Sputtering Debate
Will Wilkinson, in a recent paper for the Cato Institute, seeks to explode the positions adopted by those on the Left and in so doing break the rhetorical stalemate surrounding the crucial issue of Social Security reform. Prior to reading this piece, it had been awhile since I'd come across anything of interest surrounding the issue of Social Security reform. The basic positions were staked out months ago, and for all the talk, very little has changed.
Wilkinson, like a judo player determined to win a deadlocked match with a breath-taking offensive explosion, attempts in this paper to justify a reformed Social Security system featuring private accounts on traditional liberal grounds. I think this piece fails on a number of levels, namely in trying to accomplish too much, but it is nevertheless an entertaining read and hopefully a harbinger of a resurgent dynamism in the reform debate.
Posted by Audi Partem Alteram at July 6, 2005 01:35 AM
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