“Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.”

American politician and attorney, born 1972

Todd Christopher Young is an American politician and attorney. Since 2017, he has served as the senior United States senator from Indiana. Before that, from 2011 to 2017, he represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House as a member of the Republican Party. Young’s public career has centered on national and state politics. He is best known for his work in Congress, first as a representative and then as a senator, with his record tied to Indiana and to Republican politics.