If the printing press ushered in the Age of Enlightenment, the internet brought us the Age of Entitlement.

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This year, she put out, "The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement, " with co-author and fellow psychologist W. Keith Campbell.

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Entitlement spending is the driver of deficits, but entitlement reforms, such as raising the retirement age or converting Medicare to grants, collide with the core of liberal statist thinking.

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Dietrich is long-term bullish in the markets, providing Washington does the hard work of reforming entitlement programs, including raising the retirement age to around 68 from 65.

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The age level entitlement for Social Security needs to be raised a couple of years.

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As a disabled veteran on Medicare, he worries about how potential cuts to entitlement spending will affect his health care -- especially as he and fellow baby boomers age and more of them rely on the program.

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