FactCheck.org: Romney's Run-in on Social Security

From FactCheck.org:

"Mitt Romney gave a misleading answer to a question about Social Security during a feisty exchange with a heckler in Iowa. He said payroll taxes take 15.3 percent "out of your earnings," but only the self-employed pay that rate. All other workers pay half of that, with the other half being paid for by the employer."

Social Security's "Mason-Dixon Line"

A great explanation of Paul Ryan's Social Security proposal:

"If there was ever going to be a generational war in this country, that high school class of ’74 would be its Mason-Dixon line. It’s the moment when Bill Clinton’s promise—“if you work hard and play by the rules you’ll get ahead”—began to lose its value."

Probably a good idea because this wouldn't be popular with anyone.

Harvard Business School lecturer Robert Pozen comes up with an interesting idea for fixing Social Security. My guess is no one would like this idea, which is probably why it makes the most sense to implement and least likely to happen.

Social Security is indispensable to our seniors' economic well-being and also a program whose autopilot increases should be trimmed to leave room for

Another great Matt Miller column titled "Andrew Cuomo and the liberal case for Social Security cuts". Yes, sometimes that baby is just ugly...