Discredited author makes bold Social Security prediction

Josh Marshall:

James Glassman rattles off the standard Social Security phase-out claptrap, but along the way does us the service of telling us what he really thinks: "Social Security stinks."

And why wouldn't you take the word of the guy who wrote Dow 36,000?

The article Marshall references, James K. Glassman: How should we address Social Security?, includes the following bio, spotlighting Glassman's affiliations with the right-wing AEI and a web site known for similar leanings:

James K. Glassman is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington public policy think tank, where he specializes in issues involving economics, technology and financial markets. He is also host of TechCentralStation.com, a public affairs Web site that concentrates on matters of technology and public policy.