Well, it looks like Friedman is too cowardly to proiduce such a plan. He's prepared to let people keep using meters and kilos indefinitely, and leave the problem to future generations. Yes, the issue is Social Security. Friedman is again in the scare the kids mode. Beating up on retirees is in fashion, apprarently beating up on the health insurance, pharmaceutical industry and doctors' lobby is not. Therefore Friedman whines about the need to fix Social Security, a system that is projected to be fully solvent for almost 40 years, with no changes whatsoever. He doesn't talk about the country's health care system which is projected to be the major source of the country's economic and budget problems. It is unfortunate that the non-problem of Social Security gets so much more attention than the real problem of the health care system.
--Dean Baker