Entitlements, From Scratch

Andrew Briggs, a long-time conservative critic of Social Security, continues to advocate for reform:

[P:]olicy makers need to think beyond merely filling Social Security'smulti-trillion-dollar shortfalls, and particularly beyond doing somerely by sticking the bill to high earners. Rather, they shouldconsider reform as if they were designing a system from scratch: if so,how would they decide to spread the burdens and benefits of a nationalpension program over citizens of various earnings...