Okay, so what is he trying to get at?

In an editorial entitled Do Seniors Need Saving? Sebastian Mallaby carries on at length on the question, "Can we expect citizens to weather the challenge from India and China without some new form of government help, especially when the baby bust is threatening to shred traditional welfare programs?". Which begs the question, exactly who is proposing that we enact "some new form of government help" for seniors? (Is this what happens when he writes a column without the aid of a press release from an advocacy group, or is there actually something behind this?)