The good news about the near future will be bad news for the long run if it leads the president and Congress to put forward a plausible balanced-budget plan without beginning the dramatic Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security reforms that are required to avoid an economic catastrophe soon after 2010, when baby boomers will retire.
The baby boomers will retire in 2010.
The baby boomers all retired last year.
A reduction of $2 requires assistance.
two dogs are on the sand
A man in a green shirt rides a surfboard on the shantytown lined river.
The kayak is in a trailer.
There are several people wearing red jackets.
The men are not inside.