these fellows were edward lowe hines, john heinz and james hines. they all came from bowling green, kentucky. these four fellows after taking up a while with john porter's uncle, decided to try to go home. they walked from madison, georgia to atlanta. atlanta was burned and destroyed. they went through atlanta and managed to higher a wagon, read a wagon and they take this wagon all the way to chattanooga. at chattanooga's they find they can hitch a ride on a freight train. they get on a freight train to nashville. at national they get off the freight train. they're afraid they'll get spotted by occupation forces but they managed to secret themselves on another train from nashville to bowling green and on june 10th, 1865, these four guys lined up in bowling green, kentucky in the home of edward hines, jim hines and john heinz's mother's house. there is a stay until john porter decides to say goodbye and he walks to his home in sugar growth in butler county about 20 miles to the west. that is how the war ends for him. bet viewers would get a kick out o

democrats and republicans alike and i would say right here to former senators the late senator john heinzepublican of pennsylvania and senator fritz hollings former senator hollings from south carolina held a press conference a few years ago and they said, if private businesses did what we do here in congress stealing from this trust fund that they would be locked up for embezzlement. that is probably correct. enough about the system's problems. there are solutions galore offered by all manner of experts. i guarantee you that the two people we are privileged to have with us will offer a straightforward practical solutions. unfortunately social security solutions often run into a political was on capitol hill. you know nowadays signing pledges seems to be standard operating procedure in washington. perhaps we will need to present a pledge to be signed by congress that seniors will no longer be used as political ponds on capitol hill sewer firm can be accomplished. now to our distinguished panel. first of all jared bernstein is a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities f