conventions. on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >>> on thursday the social security and medicare trustees board released its annual report on the financial condition of the government trust funds. two board members, treasury secretary jack lew and labor secretary thomas perez, discussed the report's findings in this 20-minute press briefing. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. the social security and medicare boards of trustees met earlier today to complete their annual financial review of these two important programs and aproved their finality reports. it's been a privilege for me to serve as chair of this important body for nearly four years, and i want to thank the other members of the boards for their partnership and their many contributions on these critical issues. for decades social security and medicare have served as our nation's most successful social insurance programs. these important programs represent stability and economic security for millions of hard-working americans who contributed to the program during their working years and rely on the b

. -- all hamburg california. they want presidential candidates to talk about social security area -- security. >> in variety of topics have caught the public eye. one issue remains. it has not garnered as much attention. it has far-reaching implications. and candidates must address it. >> only a year remains until the ballots are cast. is aoad to the white house rocky one, not only for the candidates, but for the american people as well. the debate over who is most qualified -- the issue of social security has largely been ignored. >> the government report is disconcerting. we all need to work together to address this issue. orwhen there is no agreement consensus, there is no way to move forward. founded in 1935 as part of fdr's new deal, social security was designed to provide for the general welfare of the american society and to serve as insurance for the most gullible in our nation. vulnerable in our nation. it continues to support a large number of americans. 59 million, almost 1/5 of on the socialnd security system. social security supports a variety of groups providing reti

the trustees' report the chief actuary for the social security administration discussed the fiscal state of the program and the projection that the social security trust fund would be depleted by 2034 unless congress aprof approves changes to the program. this hearing on the ways and means subcommittee is just over an hour. [ room noise ] >>> good afternoon and welcome. today the social security board of trustees finally released thisser's annual report on the financial health of social security. and we all know social security's in trouble. and the first step to solving a problem is to know what you're up against. today we are going to hear from social security's chief actuary about the findings in this year's report, which was just released this morning. we all know how important social security is to the millions of americans receiving benefits. and given the challenges facing social security, you would think these annual reports would be released on time. unfortunately, that's not been the case. as you can see on the screens, for each year, and i guess we don't have them up. fo

corps and social security. his class is about 50 minutes. we have already talked about big events in our survey of american history. and obviously, big events are important. we have started on one in our when we met.riod i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. we have talked about the economic and the political aspects of the great depression. but what i want to do today is to show that the great depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and go beyond just the stock market crash and the economic woes. and i am going to try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of american culture in the 1930's. how does it affect the family? and again, probably you do, and i do sometimes, think the family is just static throughout history. it never changes. but if you stop and think about it, even in american history, the nature of the family is going to change. and it is going to change rather dramatically in the 1930's. the role that religion plays in american history is going to vary from decade to decade. from d

calls. live now as the social security medicare trust funds released their annual report focussing on the future trends. that is reviewing that report that we are about to show you here live on c-span 3. >> good afternoon and welcome. the board of trustees releases the annual report on the financial health of social security. we all know social security is in trouble and the first step to solving a problem is to know what you are up against. today we are going to hear from social security's chief actuary about the findings in this year's report that was released this morning. we know how important it is to millions of those receiving benefits and you would think the reports would be released on time. unfortunately that is not the case. as you can see on the scenes for each here and i guess we don't have them. the trustees report has never been released on time. on average they have been delivered around 75 days late and this one is 82 days late. that's not the latest. let's be thankful that it's not as late as the 2010 report which was 126 days late. the report is not a new thing.

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>>> on thursday the social security and medicare trustees board released its annual report on the financial condition of the government trust funds. two board members, treasury secretary jack lew and labor secretary thomas perez, discussed the report's findings in this 20-minute press briefing. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. the social security and medicare boards of trustees met earlier today to complete their annual financial review of these two important programs and aproved their finality reports. it's been a privilege for me to serve as chair of this important body for nearly four years, and i want to thank the other members of the boards for their partnership and their many contributions on these critical issues. for decades social security and medicare have served as our nation's most successful social insurance programs. these important programs represent stability and economic security for millions of hard-working americans who contributed to the program during their working years and rely on the benefits into their older years. ensuring the long

those candidates who say they will protect if they change social security have less than $20,000 in their ira's. and during your golden years without the gold, this time on "inside story" joining me is the writer for 538.com, and diane oakley is executive director at the national institute on retirement security. monique looking over the numbers, it's dreadful. one quarter of all households with members 55 or older have nothing saved for retirement . this? >> that's a good question. i think everybody individually feels that they are not doing enough. everybody feels very anxious about it, but nobody realizes that the majority of americans are in the same boat. at all ages we're behind. but people feel like it's a personal failure, when really it is a failure of the system. why a failure of the system. >> before 401k's look over, we actually had -- it was never perfect. only about half of workers had something, but they had spousal benefits with that, and the coverage was pretty even across race. blacks and whites were fairly evenly covered. the same thing with high school of college

of social security james lockhart helped write a report for the bipartisan policy center about retirement savings. on "washington journal" they discussed the report's findings and their recommendations for helping americans save for retirement. this is 50 minutes. >> senator kent conrad of the bipartisan policy center, are americans ready to retire? >> many are not. one of the things that leaps out at you is looking at the statistics, you know, the best estimates we have is about 40% of the american people will run out of money in retirement. and the federal reserve just did an analysis. they found that 46% of the american people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair. so we've got serious problems in terms of retirement security and in terms of personal savings to be able to meet the everyday needs of the american people. >> james lockhart is also with the bipartisan policy center. and he was a george w. bush appointee and many financial commissions throughout his career. mr. lockhart, what percentage of the american people depend solely on soci

candidates were hot fire about social security in the debate. check it out. >> if that is the case, welcome on board. i'm glad you're here. thank you errol lewis. >> we are going -- we are goi going -- >> secretary -- >> as he said -- i have said the same thing for years. i didn't say anything different tonight. we are going to extend the social security trust fund. i. >> i will show you why they were fired up, next. ur heating and cooling systems so reliable. if there's a breaking point, we'll find it. it's hard to stop a trane. really hard. trane. the most reliable for a reason. don't let dust and allergies get and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. do you have the courage to stay up all night? because this is our time! the greatest tv week of our lives! ladies and gentlemen, in the business of binge-watching, sleep is for the week! so i want you ready to order takeout, every single night! now are you with me? to

regarding social security, hillary clinton's website actually has a policy platform around this topic. it sounds mostly like maintain the status quo, oppose any cuts, don't advance the retirement age. is the status quo approach acceptable at this time in our country's history? >> i think we're seeing both candidates kind of carrying the same -- with the same mantra. we want to preserve what we have. donald trump said he is not going to touch entitlements. hillary clinton says in off the cuff she wants to expand it. someone who gets paid to advocate for this will say otherwise. >> on her website it's clear she does support expanding social security. >> she's been explicit about -- >> she says she wants to expand it not for everybody but she wants to focus the expansion on those who need it most. i support expanding social security for everybody, as does 70% of americans. but the difference between donald trump and hillary clinton is that donald trump is running away from this critical issue. he is bobbing and weaving so he doesn't get pinned down. the policies he does support are the p

also on c-span. starts at 5:25 p.m. eastern. >>> social security administration chief actuary stephen goss appeared before the house ways and means subcommittee on social security regarding the annual trustee's board report. the told the committee that the social security trust fund is set to be depleted by 2034 unless congress acts to secure its future solvency. this is just over an hour. the annual report on the >> good afternoon and welcome. the board of trustees releases the annual report on the financial health of social security. we all know social security is in trouble and the first step to solving a problem is to know what you are up against. today we are going to hear from social security's chief actuary about the findings in this year's report which was just released this morning. we know how important it is to millions of those receiving benefits, and given the challenges facing social security, you would think these annual reports would be released on time. unfortunately, that is not been the case. as you can see on the scenes for each here and i guess we don't have them.

american people depend solely on social security. >> you have to deal with it in quintiles. the lower 20%, almost 90% of their income is social security. as as you go, obviously the top 20% is not a lot. but the importance of the middle and the lower and that is what we try to do with this commission is try to help those lower income people in retirement. were actually increasing the retirement benefits significantly. we we put a new basic minimum benefit with thereol idea that were tryg to reduce poverty and old age. in in fact we reduce it by about 30%. >> is so we have learned that 40% of seniors are going to run out of money in their retirement and that the lowest 20% in america, income wise, 90% of them rely solely on social security. >> yes. they do not have any personal savings. one of the things that we are also trying to do is look at personal savings and retirement savings with proposing a new plan thatn would allow smaller companies to easily put money into 4o1 kays, having sort of a centralized investment managers which would allow them the liability the companies have in fac

social security is not addressed in a meaningful way. we'll lose 25% of its value by 2030. people will learners 25% of -- lose 25% of what the current efforts will be if we don't make meaningful adjustments. social security and medicare turned 80 this past year. we think that we need to try and make changes in the system so that we can start capturing some of the control of the costs. not just for medicare, but the whole health care system. we have to do that in a meaningful way by hoping that republicans and democrats on the hill in hospitals and doctors patients are all working together to do that. thats position has been those cuts cannot come on the backs of the benefactors. the people who depend on it every day should not have to carry the burden when they paid into this medicare system and social security system. as i said, i give speaker ryan great credit to come in and speak his piece and to share with us what he would be doing on those programs. >> if this continues to be divided and continue to have one side that think obamacare is the greatest and the other side exit is awfu

our members to share his views on medicare. social security and medicare are so important for the survival of people who are 65 and older. we know that social security is not addressed in a meaningful way, it will lose 25% of its value by 2030 or people will actually lose 25% of what their current benefits would be if we do not make meaningful adjustments to secure that it is solvent and adequate. social security and medicare both turned 80 this past year. with respect to medicare, we really think we need to try to make changes in the cysto so we can start capturing some of the control of the costs, not just for medicare but the whole healthcare system. we have to do that in a meaningful way and hoping that republicans and democrats on the hill with hospitals, doctors and patients are working together to do that. aarp's position has been that those cuts cannot come on the backs of the benefactors. the people who depend on it every day should not have to carry the burden when they paid into this medicare system and social security system. as i said, i give speaker speaker a great c

. johnson: social security is a legal ponzi scheme. senior 1: ron johnson is attacking social security. senior 2: he wants to let wall street risk it in the stock market. johnson: free money... young people don't really necessarily understand finance. college student 1: ron johnson voted to raise the cost of student loans - college student 2: he just doesn't get it. supports trade deals that hurt wisconsin. v.o.: attacking social security. raising the cost of college. jobs lost overseas. senator ron johnson - he's hurting wisconsin families. russ feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." ve. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of this morning. that is generating a narrow band of light showers that should pass by around 8am. after that we slowly dry up and clear out. highs today wil

program, social security, welfare, obama care, medicare, medicaid, all of this, how to reform them all. it's based on 30 years experience based on the reagan white house. heritage, i contributed and this is an extension to all these ideas. after you reform social security people they get higher benefits now or benefits. poor people get higher incomes that lower incomes. sick people are able to get better healthcare not less health care, that is because these reforms are not based on cutting benefits. you cannot get anywhere by cutting benefits, these reforms are based on fundamental structural reform. changing the way these programs operate so that they contribute to the economy, they make the dependence and beneficial able to become self-sufficient and self financed. so a lot of the government spending in these taxes and the recent programs are shifted off of the budget altogether into the private capital market, so instead of working people today, we spend 1,000,000,000,000 dollars per year in taxes, taxpayers are taxed at 1,000,000,000,000 dollars per year basically to pay the botto

. when social security was originally put in place some 80 years ago, life expectancy, work expectancy was around 62. you would work till you were 62 and then you are likely to die when you're 67 or 68, so today, the fastest growing age group is -- in this country is people over the age of 85 and the second is over the age of 100, so we are living really 20, 30 years longer than our parents or grandparents did, so as we think about public policies, about not only social security and medicare, but mobility and this whole wealth of brainpower that is just sitting there in their 60s and 70s and 80s. how can we as a society engage the 50 plus generation in helping us to solve some of our ills in this country? host: why is it that we are living longer? guest: i think it is a lot to do with our advances we have made in medicine and technology. we are also hopefully eating healthier and exercising. we know that people who have a better eating habits and are both physically and mentally active, that they tend to live longer and if you feel good about what you are doing our latest research says

a job, you pay into it. if you're retired now, you get it, but how long will social security be around? the most reliable cars you can find. surprises at the top and the bottom of the list and the american brand that finally cracks the top three. >>> pay your money and make yr how to make the tough decisions about your benefits. >>> and an $8 billion industry with just a little time to make a lot of profit. the scary business of halloween. >> agh! >> "on the money" starts right now. ?? >> announcer: this is "on the money," your money, your life, your future. >> we begin with social security. benefits will be getting a small cost of living increase, .3%. that's an average of just $4 a month. can retirees who rely on social security payments survive on those numbers? saving the safety net is this week's cover story. >> reporter: each year the social security administration determines how much the cost of living or c.o.l.a. increase will be based on the consumer price index, and that's a basket of goods and services tracked by includes everything from food to housing to gasoline. i

%. when the social security cost of living is practically flat. and so we have a serious imbalance, and that's the focus of today. so nigh name is john rother. i'm the ceo of the national coalition on health care. we are a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that represents consumers, providers and payers, purchasers in health care. and our mission is health care affordability. and today, i think we'll just reinforce the need for us to take more steps in medicare and in the system of health care more generally to keep health care affordable. so let me just introduce our excellent lineup of speakers. starting with longtime colleague and friend trisha neuman who at the kaiser family foundation will lay out the facts for us. there's no one who is better able to do that. tricia is the director of the program on health policy and the project on medicare's future at kaiser. then andrew scholnick from aarp is with us. and, obviously, an organization deeply concerned about anything that has to do with medicare. jane gilbert is the director of the kentucky teachers retirement system. thank

wrong person gains access, you are a bit of this information includes your social security number, they have an option and it's no longer if but when they are going to exercise. >> is a social security number the golden key? >> the fact is we need to get off the addiction to social security numbers and we are starting to. it's taken government a very long time. i got the magic card in my mail in your medicare number is your social security number plus a letter. over time they are going to change that. seniors are horribly exposed because of the fact if somebody gets in your wallet, even if you've taken everything out to identify you but we still carry licenses, you are walking around with your social security number. take a picture of the card number redacted out most of the numbers. if someone asks for it in a medical situation, say here it is but i'll give you that number. i say to people if you go to a doctor and ask for your social security number, you give them your insurance information in most cases you can't get out of the office unless you give them a credit card. some pe

speak about the pending nominees for the social security and medicare boards of trustees. as most of us know, under the law, these two boards consist of secretaries of treasury, labor, h.h.s., the commissioner of social security and two public trustees, one from each party. one purpose of the boards is to provide yearly reports on the operation of the trust funds and their current and projected status. since 1983 when the two public trustee positions were established in the statute, the trustee reports for both trust funds had largely been devoid of partisanship or political influence. that to me has been a good thing. it means a process generating the reports is free of critical influence. it also means that the public can have confidence that the statements and assessments made in the reports including those dealing with current and future financial conditions of the trust funds are objective and not made to serve a particular agenda. the inclusion of public trustees on the boards is an important part of the structure that provides this type of certainty. yet by the time president

getting thrown to the winds by their own government. imagine if congress were to cut social security benefits in the same way. by 2/3? in a retiree's monthly pension payment? there would be riots in the street. my colleagues, if you ever wonderer why tens and tens of millions of americans are angry, deeply disappointed, and feel betrayed by their government, look no further than this issue. i want to say to all the americans who drove across the country today to be with us here in washington, to spend the money for that gasoline, to take time away from their families, frankly some of the men and women who were there couldn't even stand up on the lawn, they had to sit along the concrete fences along the side because their bodies simply can't hold them up as when they were younger, we can do better than this as a country. the bill that we are offering, r. 2844, basically would tax some of the assets of the most wealthy in our country and fill the gap between now and 10 years from now so these workers wouldn't have to take these cuts. it's truly unfair to them. it's time we operate in this congr

it on 12, $13,000 a year in social security and suddenly what was it like in their lives if you can't afford prescription drugs? i want to thank the nurses. the [cheering] to know what it is to be treating patients who can't afford any open up for discussion. one woman gets up and says the medicine per husband needed shot way up to an outrageous price and we all know that tomorrow if you walk into a drugstore to refill your prescription the price could be double or triple. some of you have had that experience because the pharmaceutical industry is ripping off the american people. [applause] so we don't have a lot of money and it goes where. another woman said i was using the point of millions of people in the country, we don't talk about it much, trying to get by on 12 or $13,000 a year social security. you do the arithmetic and tell me how you pay for healthcare, how you pay for prescription drugs and how do you heat your home and buy the food you need on 12 or $13,000 a year and the answer is right, you don't. [applause] then we've got republicans going around the country as t

supporting a social security system that continues to affect their income drastically. the system is fostering a struggle between the young and the old, and is drifting the country toward a polarization of these two groups. how much longer can the young wage earner expect to bear the ever-increasing burden of the social security system? mr. reagan: the social security system was based on a false premise, with regard to how fast the number of workers would increase and how fast the number of retirees would increase. it is actuarially out of balance, and this first became evident about 16 years ago, and some of us were voicing warnings then. now, it is trillions of dollars out of balance, and the only answer that has come so far is the biggest single tax increase in our nation's history, the payroll tax increase for social security which will only put a band-aid on this and postpone the day of reckoning by a few years at most. what is needed is a study that i have proposed by a task force of experts to look into this entire problem as to how it can be reformed and made actuarially soun

3.1 million senior citizens here who receive social security benefits, and they are very interested in hearing what you candidates intend to do to keep social security going for future generations. let me turn to dana bash. >> seniority rubio, you argue americans your age must have an honest conversation about making social security sustainable. for people under 55, you want to raise the retirement age and also reduce benefits for wealthier americans. so what should the new retirement age be, and how much will those benefits be cut? >> let me say that you are right. there are about 3 million seniors in florida, with social security and medicare. one of them is my mother who happens to be here today. i'm against any changes to social security that are bad for my mother. and we don't have to make any changes for them. but anyone who tells you that social security scan stay the way it is, is lying. any politician that goes around saying we don't have to do anything. all we have to do is raise a few taxes or leave it the way it is they aren't being honest. social security will go bankru

. i am then going to explain the nitty-gritty connection between premiums and social security and something called the hold harmless, and how that fits together and why. lastly, i will talk about what we do now and what we don't know and when we will now the things that we need to know to understand what is really going to be happening in 2017 for beneficiaries. mind,hose three goals in let's see how we do here. ok, where are we now? we are in a situation where whereis a medicare part a people do not pay premiums. part b pays for physician and outpatient services. d.t c is the hmo and part for people who are in medicare part b, which is what we are going to be focusing on, there are premiums, which very on people's incomes. pay $121 perpeople month based on their income. they also pay deductibles, which are affected by the issue we talking about today. another point to keep in mind is many people rely on social security for the bulk of their income, which is about $1200 per month. so, what is in store? the medicare actuaries after getting information from social security and the b

telephone number, she had my social security number, and she was able to make a purchase for $8,000. >> someone got ahold of my driver's license number and obtained tickets pretending to be me, giving my information to the police officer. my employer told me that i had seven days to clear it up or i would be unemployed. i had to prove that i was innocent because, to them, i'm looking guiltys if i have something to hide. >> in my early days with the fbi, the crooks would go into a bank with sunglasses and a hat, rob the bank, they'd probably get caught, face 10 years in prison. now they steal our identities. >> announcer: 1 in 4 people have your age and your income don't matter to identity thieves. just having a social security mber makes you a target. >> crime is changing. criminals have moved into cyber crime because they know the risk's low to them and the payoff is much higher. >> announcer: over 100 million americans have had their personal data exposed, and there's a new victim of identity fraud every 2 seconds. >> we're all vulnerable to identity theft, unfortunately. for savv

months, social security itself goes negative, meaning the interest income that we pay ourselves and that is 3.1% and the money that the germ fund has reached into the social security fund does not cover the money. this wasn't supposed to happen. this was a decade away. and some of the reports, now it's 20 months away. need to understand when we talk about the need for economic growth, it's jobs. tass peoples' future. retirement. and the ability to support and pay for and finance the promises let's arned benefits and face it. let's walk through the boards and explain where we are at. 2016 budget as we have it today. you see what's in blue? that blueish-purple. and is medicaid, medicare, ndful of poverty support programs and you will notice 70% of our spending in the fiscal spending. the red, that 30% is discretionary. we get to vote on around here. and half of that discretionary is defense. en you hear a budget analyst talk, if they are not talking about that, they are missing three-quarters of our spending d understand its rate of growth. if you care about education or the parks, th

. social security, medicare, welfare, obamacare, medicaid, medicare. this is based on 30 years of experience starting with the reagan white house, heritage, cato, contributed to the cain-ryan roadmap. some of these reforms, after you reform social security seniors get higher benefits not lower. poor people get higher incomes not lower. and sick people are able to get better health care not less. that is because these reforms are not based on cutting benefits. you cannot get anywhere cutting benefits for poor people, senior citizens who are retired and poor people. they are based on structural reform and changing the way the programs operate so they contribute to the economy. they are pro-growth and make the beneficiaries of the program able to become self-sufficient, self-financing. so a lot of this government spending and these tax redistribution programs are shifted into the private capital market and labor market. instead of working people today, we spend a trillion dollars a year in taxes. taxpayers have taxed a trillion a year basically to pay the bottom 20% of the income lad

the united states but around the of world when social security was put in place 80 years ago life expectancy or, work worked expectancy was 62, and you bled diary as 67 or 68. today the fastest-growing age group rose those over 85 and second is over 100 so we are living 30 years longer than the grandparents did. if we think of public paula c. social security and medicare and mobility and brainpower that is just sitting there in their 60's and 70's and 80's i read get society engaged perplex. >> host: wire reliving longer correct. >> i think it has to do with advances in medicine and technology and hopefully eating healthier and exercising. people who have better eating habits that are mentally active will live long durand did you feel better research said you were zero live another sixers seven your's longerf if you have meaning or purpose so at adds up to the increased longevity. >> host: over half of all households have absolutely no retirement savings social security provides most of that for about half of the households 65 and older. >> with huge implications then i home town

amendment. >> amendment number 16 offered by mr. pass skrel related to social security. >> mr. pass skrel is recognized three minutes. >> thank you, i'm urging an amendment that urges congress to pass legislation to increase the solvency and benefits provided by social security. in addition to being one of the most popular programs, social security is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs our country has seen. it's a secure retirement, because fewer workers have access to defined benefit retirement plans. many workers don't make enough to save to live on in the first place. more than 59 million americans currently receive earned social security benefits. for most the modest benefits provide the majority of their income. this is an insurance program. social security keeps 22.2 million americans out of poverty, including 365,000 in my own state of new jersey. one thing that frustrates me in washington is all this talk about social security not being there for future generations. i believe that talk is simply a scare tactic used by people who want to make destructive changes

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to go up 22%. the social security cost-of-living is practically flat. in balance, serious and that is the focus of today. i and the ceo of the national coalition on health care. we are a nonprofit nonpartisan organizations that represent consumers, providers, payers, purchasers. our mission is health care affordability. today we will reinforce the need steps in take more medicare and the system of health care more generally to keep health care affordable. excellentroduce our lineup of speakers. newman, whoh tricia at the kaiser family foundation will lay out the facts for us. there is no one who is better able to do that. she is the director on health policy and the project on 's future. then andrew is with us from aarp, an organization concerned about anything that has to do with medicare. jane gilbert is the director of the kentucky teacher's retirement system. and chris collins is the assistant government relations for the ohio public employee's retirement system. we are going to hear from private sector and public sector. finally, we have matt. matt is executive director of the

with the universal basic income and by all transfers i include in that social security, medicare, medicaid, all welfare programs, all agricultural subsidies, corporate welfare, anything that constitutes a welfare from some american taxpayers to other citizens as opposed to things like protection and national defense and so forth. it's in the plan of $13,000 per year for every person in the united states from a citizen who is 21 years or older. you need to have an electronic deposit into a known bank account to get the plan. there are some reasons for that stipulation. in monthly installments. now here is that stipulation. the only situation i have been my plan is to thousand dollars of that must be used for health insurance. that is a very complicated subject and if the chair wants to get into that i would be happy to do it. i'm going to be that out of this initial presentation and say one way or another carve $3,000 of that out and say we are talking in terms of money, $10,000 a year you can't live on $10,000 a year. you're right if you want to live all by your self without refe

security and medicare, these are the facts. kelly ayotte voted for deep cuts in medicare and social security. here are the votes. she voted against protecting social security from the threat of privatization. and said she's open to raising the retirement age for social security. kelly ayotte's supporting big, corporate special interests. she's not working for us. dscc is responsible announcer: today on "tmz" -- >> all right, solange noel is a certified hit maker. >> are the knowles the new >> it's time to get solange her due. >> she beat the crap out of jay-z this week. >> that was her biggest hit up until -- [laughter] >> yeah. >> nbc actually held this audio of donald trump and billy bush to screw with donald trump, to take one side of this election is a big deal. >> this idea that news has to be completely fair and balanced is a myth. >> it's bobbly-goop or gobbledygook. >> jennifer lopez. her and mark anthony are doing a spanish album. they're posting all of these flirty snapchats. >> if you're his wife, are you going -- >> j.lo, newly single jay low. you're ex-husband you're co

excerpts from his speeches on communism, foreign aid and social security. he finished second in the 1964 new hampshire gop primary behind former massachusetts senator henry cabot lodge jr. a write-in candidate. senator goldwater went on to win the party nomination, lost the general election to incumbent lyndon johnson. 52-486 in electoral votes. this film is just under 15 minutes. ♪ >>> the election campaign's in full swing in new hampshire, bellwether state of the nation, it goes to the polls march 10th to cast its vote. there are parades and rallies in the granite state, and lots of excitement. as the candidates carry their campaigns to the people. the following specially recorded program is sponsored by the goldwater for president committee. it brings you barry goldwater's campaign in new hampshire. here he speaks out on the issues as he sees them. >> i've never seen so many frustrated people as we have around washington. they're frustrated because they haven't any faith in the american system. they've lost confidence in the constitution. in the fact that a strong nation has to be s

human risk, the same kind of risk that we insure under the social security program if a parent dies and leaves young children. we have life insurance social security. if a working person is disabled or fortunate enough to reach retirement. i see this as a strong addition to the nations social security program. the concept is that we ought not be one of only three nations in the world that do not provide a maternalenefit for care. we are in line with pop new suriname.wering on -- this is an insurable event. it is appropriate to ensure through social security and if we made this argument and held that we should do it, we would then say we should not to social security either. this is basically a way of saying this is a public responsibility. sensors to a brand has talked about. -- senator gillibrand has talked about. bring in caregiving out of the as the misogynistic weight has been kept in the closet. this is something we all face as human beings. i think it's important. >> we have reached the time limit. opposition. >> the platform should be aspirational. the current unamended part of t

that social security and medicare is going to be taken away and i don't know how much more poverty i can still manage, the sisters of charity helped me here. there's no public transportation. i get $16 of food stamps a month. it's health care that i know is not the greatest, there's nothing -- no where to go toward the bottom. >> margaret, let me just say this in terms of your first point. i'm more than aware that racism and sexism exist in america. my point was that, i think, that wasn't the dominant reason that mr. trump won. let me get to your second point and this is an important point. we are going to hold mr. trump accountable, you know, he ran for president in the republican primary and he sent out a tweet, i'm the only republican candidate, 19, 17, 16 candidates, i'm the only candidate running, republican primary, who does not believe that we should cut social security, medicare or medicaid. donald trump, i will not cut social security, medicare, medicaid. now margaret's point is which is absolutely right is he got most republicans out there in the congress, not all, but most

around the world when social security was originally put in place some 80 years ago, life expectancy, work expectancy was around 62. you are going to work until you're 62 and then you are likely to die then you are likely to die when you are 67 or 68. today, the fastest aging group is people over the age of 8085 and the second is those over 100. we hundred. we are living 20 or 30 years older than her parents or grandparents did. as i think about public policies, as we -- not only social security and medicare but mobility and this wealth of hostnpower that is sitting there in their sixties, seventies, and eighties, how can we as society and gauge the 50 plus generation and helping us solve some of our ills in this country. >> why is it that we are living longer? we i think it has a lot to do with our advances we have made in medicine and technology. we are hopefully eating healthier and exercising. we know that people who have a better eating habit and i both physically and mentally active, they tend to live longer.r. if you feel good about what you are doing, are the latest researche

strong social security system, we need to update social security, for instant, by creating a real benefit, the people don't have. to get going on making easier for people who need to save more to save more, redefined the tax code, lower , and wherever we can better disclose, and offer more risk protection so that people can be sure the money will be there when they need it. host: christian weller is a public policy professor at the university of massachusetts. his book is, "retirement on the rocks." thank you for chatting with us this morning. coming out in next, we will be take your phone calls on your financial situation. we want to know how you and your family are faring in this economy. later on, we will hear from our "newsmakers" guest. that will air sunday at 10:00. it will be senator mark warner. he talks about security and digital encryption legislation in congress. here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] >> we need to set the policy. congress needs to do its job. as somebody who spent a career in this field, and then the last from thes digging in intel's side, it is ext

joining the effort to eliminate social security disability fraud. justin williams has more on the new team protecting taxpayers. this group wants wisconsin's criminals to know something, the public's trust in social security programs is critical. there's a new unit in town, we efforts geared towards preventing, investigating and prosecuting fraud involving our programs. and it's name is c-d-i. the milwaukee criminal disabilities investigations unit. friday, members of the social security administration gather for a dedication ceremony, as wisconsin becomes the next state to feature this newly-created, three-person team. they'll be leading the push to protect wisconsin residents from social security disability fraud, waste and disability examiners a resource to turn to, when they have a questionable disability claim, and, when they need more evidence to make an accurate decision, cdi units can give them that evidence. michael robinson is an assistant inspector general for investigations, with the social security administration. he explains, a lot of the s-s-a's eligibility and entitlem

medicare and social security in a lockbox and protect them. and i will cut taxes for middle-class families. i believe it's important to resist the temptation to squander our surplus. if we make the right choices, we can have a prosperity that endures and enriches all of our people. if i'm entrusted with the presidency, i will help parents and strengthen families because, you know, if we have prosperity that grows and grows, we still won't be successful unless we strengthen families by, for example, ensuring that children can always go to schools that are safe. by giving parents the tools to protect their children against cultural pollution. i will make sure that we invest in our country and our families. and i mean investing in education, health care, the environment, and middle-class tax cuts and retirement security. that is my agenda and that is why i think that it's not just a question of experience. mr. lehrer: governor bush, one minute rebuttal. mr. bush: well, we do come from different places. i come from west texas. the governor is the chief executive officer and knows how