What's wrong with the deficit debate?
Subject
Abstract
Unemployment insurance, welfare, social security, deficit, debt. Am I the only person in the country who is confused by the current
debate on the social
safety net and the related
issue of public debt? Am I the only person
who feels that no party to the debate
can be entirely trusted, that everyone has
their own axe to grind - whether it be
the right, the left, the government, or the
opposition? Though I don't claim to know
the "truth" about these issues, I may be
able to offer some clues as to what's wrong
with the debate itself