Couldn't let the day pass without a tip o' the blog to my little sista at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, where I'm lucky enough to occupy a board seat: Andrea Batista Schlesinger scored a big-time "Public Lives" profile in today's NYT. Quoth Andrea: "What Social Security did was guarantee that people wouldn't have to grow old in poverty and now young people need to be involved in a conversation about whether that safety net will exist for us. Nobody is talking to young people." The profile pitches Andrea as a "young person taking on the world" type; but I know differently. She's got an old soul, one that goes back (at least) to February 4, 1968. So read the piece, pop over to DMI's terrific site (we're out-thinking the right), and pop for a contribution if you've got some dough. Peace out.
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