earl bloom i'ming hall, a democratic member of the ways and means committee >>> joining me now is ramenafellow budgetary affairs at the heritage foundation and rebecca vallize, director of policy for the poverty to prosperity programme at the center for american congress. you heard the congressman, wondering why we have this battle now. is this a good time to have the fight, have we waited too long to start it? >> i think congress waited too long. the last time reallocated was all they needed to do was by time. reform never came. in fact, there are a lot of ways in which we could improve the disability programme so what works better for beneficiaries, it's overdue to start talking about solutions. >> even if you don't approve of the means, why not have it out now, so you don't have to come back every couple of years and top up the fund. i'm all for having a conversation, i think it's important to have the conversation, to listen to what the american public wants. poll after poll made clear americans love social security they are opposed to cuts. they want to strengthen benefits. a poll f