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democrat from connecticut john larson. >> the house will be in order. the speakers room, june 9, 2022. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the prayer will be offered by chaplainld you pray with me. holy god, we humble ourselves and pray to you, yielding our wills to yours and giving ourselves over to your authority. we pray that you would be merciful in your discipline. search our hearts and melt all hardness that

this year their proposals john larson has a terrific proposal that would begin collective, keep what it is, it changes a little every year, begin collecting payroll taxes on wages for $400,000 and above, consistent with president biden's pledge not to raise taxes on anything. that brings in enough revenue, extend the life of the program improve neededd benefits. >> step back a little bit and explain how the programs are funded. you talk about the cap. >> they are funded by the payroll tax. by design the programby builds p a reserve to accommodate baby boomers that have started entering the social security program so there's almost $3 trillion in the trust fund, that's going to be drawn down over the next 13, maybe less, maybe more years and we'll get to where only enough money will come in in payroll taxes to pay benefits so when i hear people talk about the programs, bankrupt, no money there as you started your opening at the end of the program, that's false. the only way social security could be bankrupt, broke, not able to pay anybody anything is if we have one 100% unemployment n

there are proposals, congressman john larson has a terrific proposal that would begin collecting, keep the what it is, it changes a little every year but then collecting payroll taxes on wages at $400,000 which is by the way consistent with president biden's pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less . extend the life of the program and improve some needed benefits . >> just to step back for a little bit and explain how these programs are funded, you talk about the but explain. >> we are funded by the payroll tax. this program has built up a reserve to accommodate the baby boomers that started entering social security programs. so there's almost $3 trillion in the trust fund. that's what's going to be drawn down for the next 13, maybe less, maybe more years and we will get to the point where only enough money will come in in payroll taxes to pay benefits. when i hear people talk about the program is bankrupt, there's no money there eand you stated in your opening at the end of the program that's.. the only way social security could be bankrupt, broke, not able to pay anybody anyt

host: john larson was on the program last week.want to watch the on our website and, -- website, c-span.org. from virginia. good morning. caller: good morning, i have a couple of questions for both gentlemen. i understand whatever the inflation is, it is supposed to match for seniors. last fall, we got 5.99. inflation was at 6.99. i do not understand how they justify that. i also want to know, please enter the second question, too. why is it we never, ever hear anything about welfare running out of money? thank you, gentlemen. host: i will let you start. guest: on inflation, the issue is the actuaries have to make a projection. it is a sophisticated guess about what inflation will be for the next year. i am not sure when they would have done this, i think it is issued in october. it is in the fall. it was well before inflation really took off. this is the year where we are getting hurt by inflation. the caller is right. there's not much we can do about that. even actuaries are not fortunetellers. on the question of why do welfare p

the alliance also endorsed connecticut congressman john larson's h.r. 5723, social security 2100 a sacred trust act which also makes social security even stronger and repeals the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset. both of which are unfairly claw back the social security benefits of workers, their spouses or survivors if they worked for a period of time in jobs not covered by social security. the time to expand social security is now. i want to once again thank the committee for inviting the alliance to participate in today's hearing. the alliance stands ready to work with the sthat and house in any way possible to improve benefits for retired americans. thank you. sen. sanders: thank you very much. our next panelist is mr. alex lawson, executive director of social security work, the convening member of the strengthen social security coalition, a coalition made up of over 340 national and state organizations representing over 50 million americans. mr. lawson, thanks very much for being us. mr. lawson: thank you, chairman sanders, ranking member graham and other m

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democrat from connecticut john larson. >> the house will be in order. the speakers room, june 9, 2022. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the prayer will be offered by chaplainld you pray with me. holy god, we humble ourselves and pray to you, yielding our wills to yours and giving ourselves over to your authority. we pray that you would be merciful in your discipline. search our hearts and melt all hardness that you find therein. liberate us from the bonds of hostility that prevent us from living lives of love and compassion. inspire us also to humble ourselves and to unite in prayer as a nation. search the soul of our society and speak into the pain and suffering. hold us accountable to the countless ways we are inclined to stray from your will. then silence the voices within and among us which vie for power and strive to eliminate cooperation. remind us of your desire for mutual and respectful dialogue and our of our responsibility to respect those with whom you have called us to serve. call us not to listen for our own counsel bu

host: this is john from missouri, and independent. caller: good morning mr. larson. i have a question. in ways and means, do you have the authority to propose a bible back program which would alleviate the republican cries where we could buy back the guns and send them to ukraine as a weapons package. guest: you sound way to common sense with your proposal. i don't think that is a bad idea at all. i think that needs to take place. there is a lot of common sense around this. especially with the profusion of guns in our society here. more so than any other civilized country in the world. a buyback provision would make an awful lot of common sense. it would not fall under the ways and means jurisdictions. but that does not mean that people in ways and means would be supportive. i would also add that it is very common sense and straightforward which is something that i appreciate and thank you. i think that is a good idea. people in my district have spoken about this as well. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption

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