The "Easy" Social Security Fix, Ctd

Drum's counterpoint:

Contra Megan's headline ("No Easy Way To Fix Social Security"), Social Security is a pretty easy problem to address, and the reason it's easy is that you don'thave to limit yourself to a single big solution. In fact, SocialSecurity reform practically cries out for a basket of small, almostimperceptible changes. You could, for example, partially uncap thepayroll tax or change the tax rate slightly (or a combination of thetwo); gradually increase the retirement age to 68...