Sen. Brown to Neoliberals

The situation for seniors is only going to get worse, because the assault on pensions and wages is making it more and more difficult for a worker to save for the future. Why are we having a debate over how much we are going to hurt seniors? The debate should be over how we should structure a pension for seniors that will help them. Why would we play on their playing field? Democrats need to play offense here. Force Republicans to say what it is they really want to do. Republicans just don’t like social insurance. -- Senator Sherrod Brown (Washington Post, 2013-11-5)