George Will Is Upset that the Public Prefers to Take Arithmetic Over His Assertions

If George Will's New Year's resolution was to get as many wrong assertions in his columns as possible, he is off to a good start. Today's piece presented readers with an avalanche of inaccuracies before pounding readers with the main point: George Will says we can't afford Social Security and Medicare.

First let's take some choice items from the avalance. Will tells us that America:

"has an energy surplus, the government-produced overhang of housing inventory is shrinking and the average age...