Re: Big purple digit

In article <fug6fq$97e$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > When asked why he didn't remove price controls gradually he is
> > supposed to have responded with "when you are cutting off a
> > puppydog's tail, do you do it an inch at a time?"
> 
> Do you think it would be better to shut down Social Security
> immediately, or to phase it out by increasing the age of eligibilty by
> one year of age every two years?  I think the latter would cause far
> less misery and chaos.

Very likely. I'm not arguing that doing things abruptly is always the 
right answer, just that it sometimes is.

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