Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

Efficiency obliterates identity

Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.

If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.