The Dueling Myths of Social Security

Social Security Myths – The Dueling  By Brenton Smith

I love Social Security.  I hate reading myths about it.

Everyone has a fact that is someone else’s myth. The arguments for and against quickly devolve into academic waterboarding in which how we count the beans becomes more important than the actual number of beans.

Last month, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a list of 9 myths. Weeks later, Alicia H. Munnell rebutted that list in a MarketWatch piece. While these sources may seem to contradict each other, the reality is that each is really framing the question that they wish to answer with data that they wish to use.

In her column, Ms. Munnell largely...