Blow Out the Candles

The U.S. Social Security program has turned 65 years old. The system, which may be bankrupt before current workers will see benefits from it, costs $385 billion per year. “Sixty-five years has an obvious symbolic reference," said Social Security Agency historian Larry DeWitt. “Social Security has attained retirement age, though that's not the right idea. It signifies that it has attained maturity.” (AP) ...Its next scheduled milestone: senility.