host: christian weller, your thoughts.st: i think the two questions are nicely dovetailing on each other. the first is should we have socialng outside of security that is to some degree mandatory. we are actually going in that direction. it is not a federal initiative. it is largely state. there are about 28 states looking to establish private options for workers. illinois and california are looking at those options. airport,up the first and part of the paycheck automatically goes into an irony employee, have designated. the california model is little different. every employer has to get the employees to contribute, and enroll them in the state-sponsored program. you then invest in something low cost, low risk, low fees. you always say no. -- you could always say no. that seems to be the model that people are looking at, and the government is encouraging that through new regulations that would make it easier for the state to do it for the private sector worker. i think there is a general groundswell for doing something in

host: christian weller, your thoughts.st: i think the two questions are nicely dovetailing on each other. the first is should we have socialng outside of security that is to some degree mandatory. we are actually going in that direction. it is not a federal initiative. it is largely state. there are about 28 states looking to establish private options for workers. illinois and california are looking at those options. airport,up the first and part of the paycheck automatically goes into an irony employee, have designated. the california model is little different. every employer has to get the employees to contribute, and enroll them in the state-sponsored program. you then invest in something low cost, low risk, low fees. you always say no. -- you could always say no. that seems to be the model that people are looking at, and the government is encouraging that through new regulations that would make it easier for the state to do it for the private sector worker. i think there is a general groundswell for doing something in

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 extraordinarily complex. i'm not sure whether there is enough technical expertise in congress at the moment when you have apple taking an absolutist position, the fbi taking an absolutist position. we saw they did not come to pass because there was a different way around the problem. i mentioned the police chief in san bernardino has endorsed the commission as

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and christian weller looks at whether americans are efficiently saving for retirement. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, proposals to eliminate federal student aid programs and to replace them with direct federal funding to the state. with higherscussion education leaders and scholars was hosted by new america. this is one hour and a half. >> thank you also much for being here today. we appreciate you taking your time on this cold saturday to enjoy this debate with us. ons is actually not focused the paper we released a few months ago. about as wea came were debating the different topics that formed our paper. that is printed within the lobby for anyone interested in having a shiny copy. actually compared them to the new america proposal. that is also in the lobby. both publications are thought-provoking and this debate is also thought-provoking. so, the proposition of today's dollarss any federal for higher education should go directly to states or institutions rather than student aid. arguing for the proposi

christian weller, a senior fellow at the center for american progress.k through a little bit about what you think about the candidates. who do you think has the best plan in terms of the country's economy? >> well, i don't think you see much in the way of comprehensive growth strategies out there. on the democratic side there is no vision for growth. it's essentially policies for e redistribution and entitlement expansion. case vp cruz has a fairly standard set of proposals on regulatory relief. emphasis on small business and a big tax cut. but no real plan to balance the budget on the spending side. mr. trump is flatly anti-growth. big tariffs, proposals for tax cuts that don't add up either. i am not overwhelmed by the quality of the economic policy-making that we're seeing on either side of the race. >> i disagree a little bit. >> christian. >> i think what you see on the democratic side, especially secretary clinton, has couched a lot of her policies in terms of economic growth. >> yeah, but they don't create growth. you can say it. it doesn't do it.