Wall Street Journal (February 5)
“Basing eligibility in stages from oldest to youngest from now on is simple, scientific and fair. As supply increases, this will be the fastest way to inoculate the most people, reduce demands on the health-care system, and allow more businesses to reopen. Interest groups will complain, but the public will understand and politicians won’t take the inevitable grief for favoritism.”
Tags: Businesses, Eligibility, Fair, Fastest, Health-care system, Inoculate, Oldest, Reopen, Scientific, Simple, Supply, Youngest
Washington Post (September 6)
“Federal debt incurred to fund current consumption…is in effect a tax on future generations….But debt incurred to finance infrastructure modernization and repair is different. It creates… a long-term asset (the highway, railroad, energy transmission grid or airport such spending buys). It’s perfectly fair to spread the financing costs of those assets across the generations of taxpayers who will enjoy their use.”
Tags: Asset, Current consumption, Fair, Federal debt, Financing costs, Future generations, Infrastructure, Tax
