The NYT Decides to Square With Its Readers About Medicare and Social Security

In the middle of an article that is largely devoted to discussing the absurdity of Republicans attacks on the Affordable Care Act's cost controls for Medicare, given their repeated efforts to slash funding for the program, the NYT told readers:

"such talk underscores how far Republicans and Democrats are from truly squaring with the public about curbing the growth of the major entitlement programs: Medicare, Medicaid and, to a lesser extent, Social Security."

While the NYT might want to see t...