Robert Samuelson Doesn't Like Social Security, Again

As much as some folks might hate this fact, the government is sometimes more efficient than the private sector. This is true in the case of providing a retirement income to workers. It is also true when it comes to providing health care insurance. This is one of the main reasons that we have a government-run Social Security and Medicare program.

This means that because we have a large population of retirees we will have a relatively large government, since it costs a fair bit for tens of mill...