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George Gilder has responded to my response to his warning "Don't solve the Social Security problem." George writes on his blog,

This reply dramatizes the flaws in the libertarian mind, which Luskin, who is right about most things, superbly exemplifies. Growth is not to be valued for its manifest and diverse benefits but is somehow deemed to be nullified because it will expand social security payments under the current formula in some actuarily unsustainable way. Then, sensing that this stance is somehow untenable (if social security is unsustainable it will not be sustained in real terms), Luskin establishes his intrinsic virtue by citing the sainted Milton advocating some politically impossible abolition.

I have to say I'm a little surprise by both the substance and tone of this response. What have I ever said that suggests that I don't value growth, or that I think growth is "nullified" by any attribute of Social Security? I'm not sensing my view is untenable. I'm not citing Milton Friedman for effect. I don't need to establish my virtue. Why does George say all these things? Oh well...

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