Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Not a hint of acknowledgement that life expectancy gains have been mostly for the relatively affluent. According to Goldman/Orszag, life expectancy at 65 for those born in 1990 is 13 years higher for the top quartile than for the bottom — up from 4.3 for those born in 1928 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So this is saying that janitors — who depend on govt programs — can't retire because lawyers — who don't — are living longer. Also, by the way, growing disparities by education, which means that the R base would be hit especially hard 6/ — PolitiTweet.org