Every dollar makes a difference, and (the retirees) say, 'It's not the way I shop, my rent goes up a lot more, my doctor bills go up.' They're not buying big market baskets full of groceries and new clothing.

They're the people who are most aware of the issues. (For) people who are younger ... 'tomorrow' means next week.

It's the only inflation-adjusted income source most older Americans have,

[There's also a political calculation in the promise: Older Americans - who happen to be the age group most likely to vote - presumably are less likely to protest benefit cuts if the changes didn't apply to them.] They're the people who are most aware of the issues, ... (For) people who are younger ... 'tomorrow' means next week.

Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.

For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming.