Can't they let The Washington Post have just that one thing?

Considering how often these sources have proved to be outright wrong?

hereditary aristocracy

Yeah, already there.

I'd vote for Sens. Sanders and Warren. Would you?

Sanders may be going to jail with his wife. Warren, maybe.

fudging

There always is. Accounts, economists, and statisticians seem to always come up with the numbers to please the boss..

Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid

That's the bogeyman that always gets trotted out. Before the social programs "go broke", they'll be fixed. Or politicians will be hanging from lamp posts.

ritually sacrificing their children?

Absolutely not! Those little buggers need to grow up and get jobs to pay the taxes to support me in my dotage (assuming I'm not already there).