Krugman Wonders Why We Have To Keep Explaining The Real Facts About Social Security

Paul Krugman picks up on the Samuelson article on Social Security and wonders why we have to wage a constant war with the folks like Samuelson. The answer is really simple. Samuelson and David Brooks, whose latest nonsense is posted below, are simply doing their job. Somebody has to get paid to tell the story about the virtues of Social Darwinism. The reporters on the Washington Post and the NYT who do this are at the heads of their class. They can make things up better than the average reporter.