They did it
A Christian Science Monitor editorial hails the National Commission on Social Security Reform's $167 billion plan to shore up Social Security, crediting Reagan, Tip O'Neill, Howard Baker, and other leaders for a bipartisan breakthrough that taxes higher-income retirees' benefits, delays cost-of-living increases, and speeds up payroll tax hikes. The editorial expects speedy congressional approval and commends the compromise as fair, though it cautions further reforms will be needed to keep the system solvent after 2010.
