Ezra Klein Knocks CEOs and Pundits for Wanting to Raise Retirement Age to 70

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3. But we've got to cut back. The safety net is unaffordable.

Yeah. I had better include one of these:

I know we just made most of the Bush tax cuts permanent, but we had no choice. So stop saying anything about that!

And I know we spend more on national defense than the next 14 countries combined (and most of those are our allies), but that can't be changed. So stop bringing it up!

And sure, taxes as a share of GDP are at a ridiculously low level, and will still be low now that the fiscal cliff deal has been done, but .............. Job Creators!

So suck it up. Accept the inevitable Social Security and Medicare cuts that are coming. Even if they don't happen under Obama, this notion of "fiscal responsibility" is so ingrained in Washington groupthink that is is probably unavoidable.