alex lawson will respond. guest: a couple things.upplemental security income is a different program than social security. it is administered by the social security administration, but it is not what we are talking about today, just as a point of clarification and fact. ssi is different than social security. some of the other things that you said are true, except backwards. there was a maximum tax rate, and because of that, a maximum benefit rate. and it went in that direction. the idea is that social security is an insurance program. you pay into it, you earn your benefits when you become fully insured, and again, we could have had everybody paying in on all of their income from the beginning with a benefit structure that is very similar to what we have right now, it just returns less and less as you get up into those elon musk numbers of billions of dollars. host: bob, do you have a follow-up? caller: i believe he's wrong. social security was originally, as i believe, the ssi and all the other things that you are about have been add

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alex lawson will respond. guest: a couple things.plemental security income is a different program than social security. it is administered by the social security administration, but it is not what we are talking about today, just as a point of clarification and fact. ssi is different than social security. some of the other things that you said are true, except backwards. there was a maximum tax rate, and because of that, a maximum benefit rate. and it went in that direction. the idea is that social security is an insurance program. you pay into it, you earn your benefits when you become fully insured, and again, we could have had everybody paying in on all of their income from the beginning with a benefit structure that is very similar to what we have right now, it just returns less and less as you get up into those elon musk numbers of billions of dollars. host: bob, do you have a follow-up? caller: i believe he's wrong. social security was originally, as i believe, the ssi and all the other things that you are about have been added

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and inside the alex on lawson is ready, police stormed inside into the mosque. this is the 3rd holiest side for muslims. and of course everybody in the region also watching that many muslims was very important for them of what is happening on this holy aside. especially now also during ramadan in the old city. now there have been videos circulating on social media as well that appeared to show those feedings by police and lot of scuffles between police and our palestinians inside the mosque. the israeli police put out a statement in the early morning thing and went in because paula soon youth had barricaded themselves to call them riotous and when fighting violence. and while entering stones and firecrackers were thrown at the police forces. they have also been according to is really media reports over 300 people arrested according to these reports, but is palestinian eye witnesses have said that there were praying in the masa where staying overnight, which is a common in ramadan some time. and that this wasn't unnecessary and excessive force being used by the p

thursday morning, social security works executive director alex lawson discusses the latest social securitynd medicare trustees report, then the american bankers association president and ceo rob nichols talks about calls for increased banking oversight and regulation following recent bank failures. watch washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern thursday morning on c-span or c-span n, our free mobile app. join the discussion with phone calls on the facebook comments texts, and tweets, and more. >> thurs forr ukrainian official talks about what it would take to rebuild the country following the or with russia. hosted by the american enterprise institute would live coverage at 2:00 p.m. on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> this

host: for viewers who want to go back and watch yesterday segment and see for yourself, it is alex lawsonal security and medicare. hicks executive director of social security works on this program. 45 minute segment if you want to watch it. susanne is next in south carolina. democrat. caller: good morning. i am calling to thank the tennessee three who stood up for justice and gun laws in tennessee yesterday that were expelled, two of the three were expelled from the general assembly for the peaceful protest thing. i believe that our democracy had no intentions of expelling someone -- an elected official from their position for peaceful protest thing. there were there for our children to enact safe gun laws. instead of the general assembly addressing safe gun laws, they expelled two young black progressive representatives. it is appalling. it is disgraceful. it is downright frightening that this happened in tennessee. host: did you get a chance to watch the vote to expel the two members? caller: i washed it -- watched it throughout the evening. host: we are going to be reentering the debat