Robert Samuelson Tells Us About the Cowardice of the Pundit Class

Not deliberately of course, but he once again used his column to demand that Congress take steps to cut Social Security and Medicare. He denounced the politicians who don't share his agenda of making the lives of seniors harder as "cowards." Okay, nothing unusual here.

But let's take a step back into reality. The economy is hugely poorer today than it would have been if in the wake of the Great Recession we had effective stimulus. (Of course, we would be even better off if the folks running i...