The NYT Thinks that Medicare Should Lead to Intergenerational Conflict

That's what Catherine Rampell told readers in her Economix blogpost today. The piece comments:

"From an economic standpoint, it’s actually a bit surprising that Americans don’t see greater tensions between the generations. Medicare and other public spending on the elderly (such as public pensions at the state level) has been gobbling up an increasing share of government budgets, which crowds out spending on the young and raises their future tax burdens."

Americans probably recognize that the...