Today's Paul Krugman is important in that it does away with a bit of dishonest spin from the right, that being attempts to lump Medicare in with Social Security to manufacture the notion that Social Security is in much worse shape than it actually is.

...[W]hile even right-wing politicians insist in public that they want to save Social Security, the ideologues shaping their views are itching for an excuse to dismantle the system. So you have to read alarming reports generated by people who work at ideologically driven institutions -- a list that now, alas, includes the U.S. Treasury -- with great care.

First, two words -- "and Medicare" -- make a huge difference. According to the Treasury study, only 16 percent of that $44 trillion shortfall comes from Social Security.

He goes on to elaborate on this point.

Perhaps he makes this point because some conservatives are just too eager to push a non-truth. Sully has yet to recognize his error in this matter.