the boomers are swarming the ranks of the tea party, pulling are identical to pulling data on boomers the boomers reliving their youth by taking their protest to the streets, beth? >> no, they're not. there are 80 million boomers and few people on the street now. so the boomers are right now -- doesn't mean they are happy. they are more stressed than they've ever been. half of them are losing sleep about making ends meet, but we don't see them taking to the streets in large number. >> do we see correspondent between the tea party and the boomers? >> the tea party is younger age, right under there. >> how about characterists? antigovernment, antipolitician? >> that was a way back. >> it is gigantic. it was not only in the mud at wood stuck, it wases in the mud at kason. and it went out and voted, excuse me, for ronald reagan, even though there were radicals in the 60s. that's a changing generation and it's the most successful. they have tough times, but a lot of the tea parties are silent generations. 65 and over. >> i want to break >>> okay, generation breakdown. the nomanclature. gre

areas have been driven by activism of senior organizations, but also people like me that our baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, the 72 million people in the u.s. that came about after the end of world war ii and that will be entering a very rapidly the senior ranks and demographic group within the city and around the country. the data that the previous report shows that 20% of the city put the population as people over 65 years old, but i think within 20 years, the population will increase, i think, 60%. the senior population will increase by about 60%. that is why it is critical to understand the housing needs and to develop stronger policies and to implement other task force recommendations of different offices of the mayor and task forces from previous years so that we become an aging friendly city in the future. but 255 hours to do this work by september, and this information should be very valuable for the task force an alliance of individuals that are working for stronger the gene-friendly city legislation for the future, so i urge support by my colleagues. -- the aging-frien

i count myself as part of that aging baby boomer population, and i expect to live in san francisco and see the final demise of this once great city. i'm expecting to be proven wrong, but most of the information i have seen over the last four years indicates that i may be wrong or right. i think that i'm right. anyway, back to the subject matter, one of the recommendations as part of the listing here on the page mentions of the seniors getting proper services as they age. since so many seniors have to go to san francisco general hospital for necessary care, i would like to reiterate my request that san francisco general the audited financially based on the financial recommendations of the 2003 report which was issued by the board of supervisors. i'm still confused as to why a request to reexamine those recommendations is still meeting opposition on the board level because i think, realistically, if an audit was done of general hospital, it would make seniors feel more comfortable using the services there. as everyone knows, there was a recent horrible incident involving a disabled chine

those who are baby boomers understand that when the baby boomers entered the labor force, there were huge numbers of young people available. employers began to offer early out retirement plans. this became a part of our culture, expecting people to retire earlier. frankly, we need to change that. this is a cultural change with anything else. if he can be done in a way not seen to be punitive, that would be excellent. if we can get the american people to think of valuing work over retirement, productive effort, working with your compatriots at the office, getting good things done as opposed to playing golf, has value, and people should enjoy and out yet. another small item is to emphasize social security benefits -- if you take your benefits at 62, you get a permanently reduced level of your monthly benefit for the rest of your life. kegan idylwild to start that benefit, you will get a higher monthly level. b.g.e. if you can wait a while to start that benefit. if we could also possibly facilitate what we are talking about here, not just the encore career people moving to different car

another crisis may be brewing at the other end of the age spectrum, as baby boomers age by the millionsand the number of doctors trying to care for them shrinks. here's john blackstone with more. >> reporter: at 96, he says something surprising about his health. >> any pain there? >> no. >> reporter: he's feeling better now than he was three years ago. >> i do a lot of walking. >> reporter: the improvement is not because he's on a new drug, his daughter says, but because he got a new doctor. >> having a primary care who is sensitive to the needs of an older person is so important. >> reporter: u.c. davis' dr. michael mcleod is a geriatrician, trained to assess the complex needs of patients in their 80s and beyond. >> we're trying to help people to function to their absolute maximal potential with what they have. >> reporter: that often means finding ways to take them off medications other doctors have prescribed, but are causing unwanted side effects. >> we see people sometimes coming in on ten, 15, even 20 medications, and we're able to just unravel these, one by one. >> reporter: geri

the baby boomers, they paid for the system. they put their hard earned dollars deducted from their paychecks into the system. and what they did was, they said, look, we all trust our government -- or some of us trust our government, but they put that money into bonds. and those bonds should be honored. that is the whole fight. host: south bend, indiana. mike on the republican line. caller: good morning, how are you today? i would just like to make a couple of responses real quick. i heard a young person call and they acted as if it is all on the backs of the young people, that no young people at all are in this system taken the money. i think that needs to be corrected. that way that there is a voice for other people other than just this delusion that only old people come to this money. i know young people who are 19, 20 years old who claim to be disabled by some mental disorder and receive money. so, i don't want to hear that. i need to also address the issue where i feel that, you know, people who put into the system who are,

78 million baby boomers. the 7000 baby boomers reach the age of 62 every single day. people, if given the right incentives, would retire. many people will not retire because of medical benefits. the federal government should drop the medicaid age requirement from 65 to 62. and buying fixed mortgages for these people with just a paper change, at a 3%, would drop the money they have to put out each month. and the state governments and federal government can look into -- but we have people right now who would retire if given the right incentives. remember, 7000 baby boomers per day are available to give up their jobs and would do it with the right incentives but the government is not looking at its. not even talking about this pool of people -- they changed america as they have gone through the years. they can do it again. they are waiting and willing to give up their jobs with the right incentives. host: tina tweets -- paul writes -- >> is a call from our banat, a lawyer. any attack, republic of -- next is a ca

the group that's turned the most pessimistic as a shift has been baby boomers, the people who are going to retire over the next 10 years. >> doyle, what turns this around? obviously when things get better it turns around, but does it take longer to lose the depression they're suffering, to get back into community groups and -- how long does that take? >> when the economy recovers, consumer spending turns around and people start buying cars ands washing machines again but a sociologist in wisconsin has study this and says being unemployed once in your life reduces your optimism for 20 years after jards. there's a real scar there. >> and there are all these things the government tries to do to stimulate growth but there doesn't seem to be anything out there for people suffering in these ways. ? there is no program. in fact, mental health budgets go down in a recession. we're doing the wrong thing countercyclely. you have to wait for the long term of a new generation, the optimistic 20 and 30-year-olds to come along and lift the community spirits. that happened after the depression and it'

problem is, we baby boomers didn't deposit enough kids into the system. at the simplest level, letting in more skilled immigrants would mean more taxpayers and may be a great way to increase job growth overall. foreign-born americans accounted for 25% of technology and engineering startups between 1995 and 2005. in silicon valley alone, immigrants founded more than half the tech companies. far from stealing jobs from native-born american workers, immigrants would help fill talent shortages in industries such as computer sciences, bio- engineering and medicine that americans just aren't entering in sufficient numbers. we know what we have to do to fix social security: we have to cut benefits and raise taxes. but we have to swallow less of that medicine if we once again extend the welcome we used to extend to the worlds best and brightest workers. i'm eric schurenberg. >> susie: finally tonight, people spend millions of dollars every year buying t-shirts and caps adorned with the name of their favorite college sports team, but would you buy your electric po

that is the baby boomers for you. they refuse to die.is: when you're on stage, since you raised the issue of being 60 this year, and happy early birthday, when you're on stage, in terms of your instrumentation -- this is really inside baseball -- but in terms of the way you play, your style, your stage presence that you have found yourself adjusting because of your advancing age? >> well, i don't leap off the piano any more. tavis: stopped doing that? >> stopped taking long jumps. [laughter] tavis: but in terms of your playing? >> i'm actually better on the guitar than when i started because i have had so much time with it. i still practice, and i love to do it, and i love to sing. so i don't think we have lost a lot there, no. tavis: when you are -- and i'm always amazed. this is one of the things i love. i love going to music, and i love going to concerts for all kinds of people. one of the things i love, i may appreciate the artist, and i want to go see them perform, but i'm not like a die-hard fan. i respect their craft, and i want t

because there's going to be such a large population of people that are retiring these are the baby boomersnd that immigrants will be needed when there's a labor shortage you say this in your book but the term labor shortage is very hard to swallow for most americans right now many of whom are out of work it just doesn't seem feasible that there's going to be a labor shortage anytime soon it's very simple if you bring them out of the shadows they'll be able to pay more taxes they'll be more productive they'll create new businesses and they'll be able to employ more people so again there's. a lot of misinformation on the contributions of immigrants to this country and unfortunately when there is an economic crisis like the one we're facing right now immigrants are being blamed for for everything that's wrong with the structure from crime to unemployment and it's simply not for but if you take the civil rights movement there was martin luther king jr when you take the labor movement farm workers there was a cesar chavez there is not one leader in this movement and how do you mobilize and how

we'll give you dylan and u2 every year "just to let you know that we're, you know, "keeping the baby boomers in mind, 'cause we want them to watch the show." but it's nonsense. you know, it's nonsense, the p. diddy stuff and-- and like i said, you know, britney. this corporate music that they don't even perform live and they don't write themselves or whatever the hell else is going on, it is--i don't think that that's what people want. they just think they do because that's all that they get constantly, constantly, constantly. and then these artists align themselves with coca-cola and pepsi and taco bell and on and on and on. but if you give people good music, i bet you they'd buy it, you know what i mean? if they were offered interesting, complex lyrics and interesting, varied music and real-live vocals and people that can actually sing live, and when they perform, they don't need pyrotechnics and dancers and distractions, i bet you they'd love it. now, the average record buyer for backstreet et al. is seven, so it's not like they got tired of listening to kurt cobain. do you know what i'm

my generation, my parents are the baby boomers and so they were the civil rights movers and shakers. my grand parents are the greatest generation. so i still have the vestages of their baggage, i like to say. i have a book about the african american 21st century woman and it's called redefined and we talk about how -- michelle obama is pretty much i like to say the muse for the book. she is the person that shifted a lot of perceptions negatively about black women in this country from the 2008 campaign she was perceived as angry, unpatriotic, et cetera. that's how they made the cark that tur of her but it shifted. we did a lot of polling for this book. we found that, again, those of i guess you would call them jen y they have a very different perception of race, stereo typing. they see the world very differently than we do. so there's hope. i agree with you. host: in light of the hope that shirley nelson sees, in light of the political background that mr. stinehorn talks about, where do we go from here as far as discussions are concerned not only talking to generations but political s

they are doing the same thing now because this is one world war ii and the korean war baby boomers are starting to become eligible for social security. anybody between probably 1947 to 1955 is going to be hit with it because they don't want that much money going out of social security. host: before we go to leesburg, florida, where dole is joining us of the republican line, one quick addition to the finance reform debate. the three republicans -- but their editorial called "the uncertainty principle." that is the lead editorial for "the wall street journal" this morning. leesburg, florida. joel, republican line. caller: three things right quick. americans have always worked hard and we carried the other countries. i agree with the caller who said bring the military people home. we don't need them in korea, we don't need them in japan, in europe. i was over in the 1960's. they don't want us anymore. i helped move us out of france when they told us to get out and when our trucks went over there we picked out every piece of paper and everything and brought it back to germany. number two,

and while only 15% of baby boomers have tattoos, 38% of millennials have some sort of body art, and halfay they have two or more tattoos. >>> americans have been buying less clothing over the last few years, because of the economic slump. but sales of swimwear are actually up. and the big surprise, they're up in the men's department. sales of men's trunks are up 20% in the last year. >>> coming up next on the "bay area sunday," drinking and dashing in san francisco. the tea that puts your honesty to the test. >>> and the medical break through that could help asthma sufficienterers stop using inhalers. [ indistinct conversations ] [ female announcer ] this is not a burger. it's better. because with 57% less fat than regular ground beef, it's better for you. you see, this is a morningstar farms® meatless griller. that's right, meatless. and it tastes as good as it looks. so you can still enjoy that grilled-burger taste you love... and everything that comes with it. morningstar farms® grillers® original. [ indistinct conversations ] now that's more like it. [ ding! ] >>> taking a live look

a population growth, the aging category of baby boomers, and urbanization marching on, there will be far more physical capacity needed then we have. put it all together and it is not hard to see why we find ourselves in the current crisis regarding health-care costs. it's the states hardest of all, as you know. health-care costs arexpected to explode by 70%. at 70%, in the next decade. that outpaces any gdp function one could rationally make. if you agree on the need and lack of a true health care system, how do we get there? how we get to that point in time? and a bit of a statement on why it computer guy is talking about this. ibm works witthe top 10 u.s. hospitals and at the net estates, the top 20 health care insurance companies, the top 30 pharmaceutical companies, and 18 of the top 25 techs. we have similar relationships in western europe, china, singapore, and i could walk you through latin america. we have a point of view, needless to say. we have validated a lot of what is required it in the smarter health care system. that is not about a computer chip. that is not about a d

. >> the baby boomers i think should be able to get money.estly i have more faith in myself dealing with finances than the government. we have a triple deficit and 9% unemployment. the government has not shown themselves to be responsible. >> larry: wouldn't you say social security is still popular in america? >> wildly popular. it's wildly, wildly popular. george bush discovered it too. it's wildly popular. medicare is wildly popular. i don't think people should be playing games with it. >> larry: we'll take a break. >> larry: our man anderson cooper, the host of "a.c. 360" from haiti back to the gulf. anderson, are we making progress there now? >> you know, it's hard to tell. there is the breaking news tonight we're following. testing preps continue on the latest attempt to shut the leaking well. it could be a major development. we're going to know more throughout this evening. more tomorrow. maybe even 48 hours from now. the mechanics are tricky. so is getting a straight answer from bp. also getting aid into haiti. we've been telling you a

it's inevitable because of the aging baby boomers. >> absolutely.re older workers remaining in the work place. aarp has a study that shows almost 70% plan to work past traditional retirement age which means you will have multi generational work forces. >> now that i'm in my 50s i subscribe to the notion that with age comes experience. 20 years ago i would say, it's a young man's world. but what does an older worker have to deal with psychologically and emotionally when dealing with a younger person as a superior? >> we are going to work until we drop. when i get a younger boss, inside i'm a little bit embarrassed. what does this mean about me? number two, i'm skeptical because you look 12 and i can't believe you're going to run this the department. number three, maybe i'm resentful. you passed me by. why am i not the boss of you? those feelings get in the way. >> isn't it true that older workers assume younger bosses and workers assume they are slower on the uptake, they aren't savvy with technology. those may bester ro ty stereoty niece the older w

pretentious. ( laughing ) >> reporter: there is inevitably the aging, well, there's the aging baby boomeraging rock star, right, trying to do it gracefully. >> i always found that phrase odd. the aging rock star. aging to me doesn't seem to be particular a pejorative and in many ways i've enjoyed this decade-- i'm 58 now-- more than any other. so by extension i'm hoping that my next decade will be just as much fun. but i think its really about flexibility in the mind being able to take on new things, learning new skills that's how to stay at least young in spirit. i think i've managed that. >> reporter: all right, sting thanks for letting us come talk to you. >> thank you. it's a pleasure. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: six more american troops were killed in afghanistan making a record 66 for july. economic growth slowed again in the second quarter, staying well below levels needed to bring down unemployment. and b.p.'s new boss said the company is set to scale back its cleanup in the gulf of mexico now that a damaged oil well is capped. the "newshour" is always o

. >> the baby boomers i think should be able to get money.te honestly i have more faith in myself dealing with finances than the government. we have a triple deficit and 9% unemployment. the government has not shown themselves to be responsible. >> larry: wouldn't you say social security is still popular in america? >> wildly popular. it's wildly, wildly popular. george bush discovered it too. it's wildly popular. medicare is wildly popular. i don't think people should be playing games with it. >> larry: we'll take a break. we'll be back with more. don't go away. you can feel it pulling... the -- the stubble. see how shaving can cause irritating tug and pull? [ male announcer ] that's why gillette's introducing the revolutionary new fusion proglide. wow... it's like it's gliding down, you know. [ male announcer ] now, fusion proglide has been engineered with gillette's thinnest blades ever so it glides for less tug and pull. you takin' the glide back? no man, this is mine, you got to get your own. [ male announcer ] turns shaving into gliding

pretty good boomers developed in reno. thunder, lightning, reports of hail. 56 in san francisco.for 62 on the high side. that's about seven degrees below average. it's really the inland area, santa rosa, unbelievablebly cool. i think yesterday was 65. our reporter is 63. average is 83. so that's a car friday from even being close. >>> it might also chew it up sooner, though. we'll see. but that's what it looks like. low overcast gives way boaters are being warned to for whales. the alert comes [trumpet playing "reveille" throughou reviving the economy means reinventing the way we do business. here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence >>> the district pays a self- imposed tax for graffiti removal, flower baskets and extra secure -- security. in san francisco's loma park neighborhood, one family's plan to install a windmill in the front yard is causing concern. the family lives 400 -- in the 400 block of terra sitta boulevard. they hope the turbine their home. neighbors are rallying, saying the design is inappropriate, it's potentially da

and the baby boomers are starting to retire and that means two things, that productivity is going to be dramatically reduced and then they are going to go on social security and put a drain on the system. and we are in an unsustainable circumstance at this moment. and for all the things we try to do, the democrat majority simply is ignoring that reality. and i have two little babies at home, 22 month old twins and they are the greatest joy of my soul and we are robbing them of god knows what. it's almost like they could be facing a complete economic meltdown and could happen way before they could get old enough to deal with it. but we somewhere generational theft here and it is something that is a disgrace and fundamentally immoral and we don't have to do that. all we have to say is whatever else we are going to do is have a budget and not spend more than we take in. we can't pay this off, but we're not going to go in further debt. and that's something that this congress should have the congress to do. and i yield back. mr. akin: i think that congress -- our job is to spend money. th

my generation, my parents are the baby boomers and so they were the civil rights movers and shakers. my grand parents are the greatest generation. so i still have the vestages of their baggage, i like to say. i have a book about the african american 21st century woman and it's called redefined and we talk about how -- michelle obama is pretty much i like to say the muse for the book. she is the person that shifted a lot of perceptions negatively about black women in this country from the 2008 campaign she was perceived as angry, unpatriotic, et cetera. that's how they made the cark that tur of her but it shifted. we did a lot of polling for this book. we found that, again, those of i guess you would call them jen y they have a very different perception of race, stereo typing. they see the world very differently than we do. so there's hope. i agree with you. host: in light of the hope that shirley nelson sees, in light of the political background that mr. stinehorn talks about, where do we go from here as far as discussions are concerned not only talking to generations but political s