if you intended to be in another brief and, you are in a social security briefing this morning. good morning. my name is lisa mensa, the chair of the board of the national academy of social insurance. i spend most of my time the about private savings and financial security. part of my message is that the true security of the households really rests on the insurance foundation of our social insurance system, in particular our retirement system on our social security. i think there is no other path to social security in our vast and critical system. you are in for a treat. this is by far the best briefing on the facts of what is happening with our social security system. there has been a lot of fear. we will banish words like "bankrupt" and get into the real details. this is a rich set of data and you will hear it from the experts. you will also get a good explanation of what is really happening with this system, with our trust funds, and i'm hoping that we will promise you a robust conversation. we are deliberately limiting their remarks that we will make so that there will be tim

last year, 72% of the 2.7 million new filers opted into social security early. in 2007 and 2008, 74% did, a record high. in 1980, just 57% collected early, in 1970, 47%. >> this is a remarkable program. >> reporter: michael astrue heads the social security administration and says even as more elderly americans postpone retirement, many more are having it forced upon them. >> people who would not have taken retirement benefits but for the recession are taking retirement benefits, we believe, because they have no other real choice. >> reporter: since the great recession began in december 2007, the rate of unemployed workers 55 and older has increased faster than for any other age group, and half the older unemployed have been out of work for more than six months, like michael astrue. >> i just have a feeling that this government is not going to allow senior citizens like myself and others just to die on the vine. >> against poverty-stricken old age. >> reporter: living out a 75-year-old promise earlier than they had planned. rebecca jarvis, cbs news, new york. >>

, or privatize social security, get rid of the social security, the phrase she used. >> charles, we heard that democrats were whistling in the wind here. >> i heard a lot of loud whistling here. i think in nevada, sharron angle is an iffy candidate, and this was a winnable secret it should not -- this was a winnable seat. she is not mainstream. i am not sure about rob simmons. he was a fantastic, it's been and he was my choice for republican senatorial -- fantastic congressman and he was my choice for the republican senatorial candidate linda mcmahon has a lot of money. the only thing i would add about her is if we can elect a professional wrestler to the governor of minnesota, we can have his boss, essentially, as the senator from connecticut. >> michael bennet got a lot of help from the obama people. when george stephanopoulos asked him if he would welcome that help in the general election, he took the fifth amendment. >> i am not sure he needs that in the general election. gov. tim kaine, chairman of the democratic party, got credit for picking the team and organizing the get-out-the-b

the social security looked at that and said if we did that over the long run social security would be solvent and people would have control of their own retirement income. i put out in the book that at the very beginning when the social security act was enacted in 1935, aside from the fact that people actually wrote it, believed it was unconstitutional. it's quite a story. it's in the book. there were people who understood that they weren't paying for it even then. essentially what they're doing, they were borrowing money from their kids and their grandkids because they weren't willing to impose the tax on the current workers, the current voters, in order to get the revenue to actually fund the system. and most of the years -- most of the years since 1940 when the first social security check was paid, ida mae fuller, until now the federal government has run a deficit. now, there are some years they didn't. most of the years they did. what happened is we pay our payroll tax for social security. it's spent immediately on what they're doing that year, including social security, among oth

separate administrative judicial agency, that is, removing the disability judges from the parent social security administration into a separate judicial operation. we're security could be better controlled and better managed. with that, i will close my remarks and note that at the end of our presentation when judge marks and finishes, we will be available to answer any questions. at that time, you will see another judge,, judge marc brown, who is the chair of our health and safety committee because he may be able to answer some questions that you may have perished in any event, thank you very much. i now yield to judge marks. >> good morning and thanks to everybody for coming. i would like to express the sincere appreciation of the national association of immigration judges to the national press club and the international federation of professional and technical engineers, our parents union who has helped us have this opportunity to make our concerns more broadly known. my name is a judge danilee marks. i am an immigration judge in california and the president of immigration judges. people are o

how did we get social security behind the 2037 date when it -- how do we get social security beyond the 2037 date when it will stop paying out full benefits to floridians? it is important to note that we a disability, life -- we have a disability, life experiences there, and retirement. is important to note that floridians -- 47% of them will go into poverty without social security. a social security commission must be called the mother is -- must be called, just lik like ey president in the past, the last one being president reagan -- we must with -- worked out these issues to keep social security solvent. a bipartisan approach would be helpful. we need a presidential commission with stakeholders such as aarp and other groups at the table. i agree with mr. greene as it relates to not reading the it -- not raising the age for eligibility. -- to earth -- to protect survivor benefits and to have a track record in fighting for the sovereignty of social security and not privatizing it. people like charlie crist and marco rubio would like to see that happen. >> darryl, do you have a followup

. >>> and 75 years of social security, you're not there quite yet. >> not yet. >> will it become a thing of the past when you are? all right. why dozens of activists are trying to make sure that doesn't happen. >>> we'll get to that in a moment, but first, leading the news this morning, dozens 6 of people are homeless after a fire damaged three buildings in san francisco's mission district. it started about 6:30 p.m. yesterday in a single family home. this pocket camera video shows thick smoke over the neighborhood. we'll have it in a bit. when firefighterred arrived, the fire was spreading and it was fully engulfed. >> it's spreading into the building, we called the second rescue squad to search the building to make sure nobody was in there. >> it could have been real close. i'm glad the firefighters goes there. it was creeping up the walls and stuff. >> you could see the flame coming at you? >> oh, yeah. >> the area what's evacuated as a precaution. -- was evacuated as a precaution no residents were hurt, but two firefighters were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> neighbors

yeah you know i think that he makes it seem like social security has bigger problems than it does so security is actually totally solvent until twenty thirty seven so it's not like there's some sort of disaster around the corner but even after twenty thirty seven all the way to twenty eighty six you could still pay seventy eight percent of its benefits the problem is that social security and i think it's totally wrong to call social security a ponzi scheme in different time periods it has issues with payouts ok but but it gets through those issues so i it would be solvent the real problem is we already spent the money we were supposed to keep you remember when al gore you say oh we're going to put in a lockbox we're supposed to put the money in a lot bugs but is said we spend it on wars we spend on tax cuts for the rich and we spend on just about everything else including democratic and republican prior priorities now they don't want to give the money back because they responded and that's a huge problem so it's not social security is what we did with the social security surplus. that

. >>> the social security law is 75 years old today. advocates, seniors and labor groups rallied outside the new schedule building in san francisco to make sure it will be intact for years to come. kim ryan shows us why supporters of social security say cutting it will be harmful to millions. >> reporter: tom rankine, treasurer for the california alliance for retired americans has little faith in the commission of by partisan commission put together by president obama to address the deficit. >> my daughter is having triplets this coming month, and i want there to be social security for them on their 65th birthday, not their 75th birthday, and i want it to last for another 150 years. >>> social security was born 75 years ago under fdr. that was about the time that people began debating how long it would last. will it be sustainable? and the fear of the folks here today is the same. will privatization prevail? will they have to work years longer, before drawing a monthly paycheck? >> cochairs have already indicated that they would like to

. >>> 75 years ago the social security act was signed into law. well, today advocates for seniors and labor groups rallied outside the new federal building in san francisco to keep social security intact. kcbs' tim ryan shows us why they believe cutting the program would be harmful to millions. [ singing ] >> reporter: tom rankin the treasurer for the california alliance for retired americans had little faith in a bipartisan commission put together by president obama to address the deficit. >> my daughter is having triplets this coming month and i want there to be social security for them on their 65th birthday, not their 75th birthday! and i want it to last for another 150 years. >> reporter: social security was born 75 years ago under fdr. that was about the time that people began debating how long it would last, will it be sustainable, and the fear of the folks here today is sustained. will privatization prevail? and will they have to work years longer before drawing a monthly paycheck? >> co-chairs have already indicated they would like to cut

privatize medicare and social security and in utah in the senate race, you have mike lee.nts to repeal the progressive income tax, supports changing the 14th amendment of birth right citizenship. if this is the tea party's impact on national politics, there's certainly a lot of democrats who say too extreme for mainstream of the -- >> one of these candidates won a republican primary as a republican candidate with different stresses on different issues. i won't take the democrat party's characterization of republican party candidate's position on any issue as gospel truth. politicians say insincere things. voters paid attention to candidates and made their choice. the democrats are -- they have a guy down in south carolina who wins the primary and is then convicted of a felony. they have to concern themselves with what is the quality of our candidates and can we meet the challenge of trying to race against these candidates who are going to beat their person in the fall. >> governor, is this an example of what they called a mainstream political movement some of these candida

this on the day that president franklin roosevelt signed the social security act into law. rally organizers don't want cuts in social security benefits or an increase in the requirement age to -- retirement age. >> we're here to say we want it for another 75 years. i want it for my grandchildren who are born right after lab you're day. they're going to be triplets and they want their social security 65 years from now. >> alan: organizers released a report. it says that program cuts could harm millions of seniors and hundreds of thousands of children living with their grandparents who rely on social security as their main source of income. >>> opponents of the ban on same-sex marriage filed their breeze -- briefs at the u ninth circuit court of appeals. the federal judge ruled that prop 8 is unconstitutional but put his ruling on hold until wednesday at 5:00 p.m. who of the appeals judges were appointed be democrats, the other by a republican. if the nine inch circuit court permits gay marriage to resume, the attorneys for prop 8 say they will take their case to the u.s. sup

you want to privatize social security. i have to say there are a lot of people in alaska who are on medicare and are getting social security. isn't that position going to be a problem for you in the election... in this general election? >> i would suggest to you that if one thinks that the constitution is extreme, then you would also think that the founders are extreme. we just simply want to get back to basics. restore essentially the constitutional foundation of our country. that means the federal government becoming less onerous, less involved in basically every item of our lives. what that means is there does have to be some transition. with respect to social security, what we've said consistently throughout this race is that if you've paid into the system, if you're dependent on the system, we have got to get the fiscal house in order at the national level so that we can continue to pay those benefits. but to suggest that there is nothing that can be done, that we have to continue as the way things are ignores the fac

they can come after your social security checks, believe it or not. if you have defaulted on your student loans. they can come after your paychecks. they can dunn your paycheck when you get a job later on. you are married with two or three kids and all of a sudden, the government comes in and takes your money back. it's being done today. there's a difference. the difference is students cannot get rid of the debts. i don't know how many of them know that. what the interest rates are. so, i would like to thank the witnesses for being with us today. we'll leave the record open for ten days. witnesses may submit statements for the record or supplement statements. i think what we have seen today from the gao and the witnesses is very concerning. i have a statement from senator durbin to insert into the record at the end of the hearing without objection. 15 of the 15 -- let me repeat. 15 of the 15 schools gao investigated found instances of fraud, deceptive practices. 15 out of 15. again, this is unacceptable. especially when the students they are serving n

released a report called "social security works for california."d. the spirit of 45 supporters want a national day to recognize the end of the conflict. if you. >> strong rains, winds, and tornadoes across the midwest. leigh glaser has your forecast after the break. [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them about some of the wells fargo online savings tools like my savings plan which helps them set up and monitor a savings goal. until we found out that maybe her teacher uses certain terms a little bit loosely. rebecca is clearly very gifted. [ banker ] we decided to roll that money into ashley's college account. turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪ ♪ >> alan: four people were killed and four others wounded inÑç a shooting in buffalo, new york, overnight. witnesses say gunfire erupted after someone had to be escorte

of the cheap actuaries in particular. 75 years ago this month, president roosevelt signed the social security act into law creating a program that tens of millions of americans rely upon to help them retire with economic security. 30 years later, president johnson signed commitments to that law creating medicare providing health insurance for older americans. this year, president obama signed into law the affordable care act. this gives americans more control over their health care decisions, will improve the quality of health care, and will address insurance company abuses. this law so it takes major steps to bring down the rate of growth over time. the positive impact of these reforms is made clear by the trustee reports. medicare's hospital insurance trust fund is expected to remain solvent through 2029. that is 12 years longer than what was projected last year. the record extension of the life of the it trust fund. it has been reduced from 3.88% of taxable payroll to just 0.66% of taxable payroll and projected costs for the medicare supplementary medical insurance program over the next 75

social security turns 75 today.s came out to celebrate the milestone and voice their support for the program. some lawmakers in washington have suggested either cutting social security benefits or raising the retirement age as a way to fix the deficit. those at today's event had a message for those leaders. >> we are here to say, we want people to take their hands off social security. we don't want them messing with it. we do say, yes, if you want to fix social security, don't raise the retirement age. you don't need to do that. what you need to do is raise the tax. >>> one in eight californians are on social security. a recent report found without the government assistance, 40% of elderly californians would be in poverty. >>> still to come at 5:00, tens of thousands of fans are enjoying a little bit of jazz today. ♪ >> we'll get up close and personalrfh tmingwehis d,eken co performing this weekend, coming up. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make

. >>> social security turns 75 today and a new poll finds americans are more pest historic about than ever. according to a -- pessimistic about it than ever. according to a cnn poll 60% of those who say they don't receive benefits say they never will. today advocates held a rally in san francisco. tim ryan shows us why they believe cutting the program would be harmful to millions. >> reporter: tom rankin, the treasurer for the california alliance for retired americans, has little faith in a commission of bipartisans put together by president obama to address the deficit. >> my daughter is having triplets this coming month and i want there to be social security for them on their 65th birthday, not their 75th birthday, and i want it to last for another 150 years. >> reporter: social security was born 75 years ago under f.d.r. that was about the time people began debating how long it would last, will it be sustainable and the fear of the folks here today is the same. will privatization prevail and will they have to work years longer before drawing a monthly paycheck? >> co-chairs have al

>> co-chairs have already indicated that they would like to sutter social security by increasing the retirement age and cutting the cost of living allowances. >> reporter: tom rankin who is a treasurer for the california alliance for retired americans has little faith in a bipartisan deficit commission put together by president obama. >> and we want social security to be there for you and you and you. >> reporter: outside the federal building in san francisco tim ryan, cbs5. >>> checking headlines around the bay area tonight, community members united in oakland today to put together a new tribute to oscar grant. he was killed by a b.a.r.t. police officer on new year's day, 2009. today organizers asked people to tie ribbons onto a mural in honor of grant and to find ways to be a positive influence on their communities. >>> another road closure starting tonight for the doyle drive reconstruction project. just afew minutes ago crews shut down the southbound ramp from the golden gate bridge to the boulevard. that connector is scheduled to reopen tomorrow morning by 11 a.m. it will allow

have any social security judges have had to apply for social security as a result of violence directed at judges? >> yes, i mentioned one judge who had to take disability retirement in 2008 after being hit over the head with a chair while she was in the courtroom. there are a couple of other judges, one of them was physically assaulted in the government facility in the hallway, was kicked and repeatedly hit in various parts of the body and he had to take visibility -- disability retirement as well. those types of things should never happen in the courtroom, in a judicial operation. thank you. >> let's open it up to questions from the floor. mark? if you would not mind standing. >> [inaudible] a question for both of you. first for judge marks. you mentioned you are speaking in your capacity as a union officer. what have they done to address the issue with your boss? >> they have been extremely supportive of helping us with lobbying issues and guidance. it is a great opportunity for us to be the younger sibling of the social security group because they are such a larger unit and we are.

he lives on social security. he lives with his son and daughter-in-law, and he started sending me $25 in april 2009. it is what he can afford. but this is true patriotism. this is what our founding fathers were talking about when they said that we would, for liberty, have to give up our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. that is what is happening all over the nation. people are rising up, joining the tea party movement, and they are sending money, not just to me, but to others. they are saying is time that we took back the reins of our country and became once more that government of the people, by the people, and for the people. it is an amazing thing that has happened. i will finish the little story about my son. i did go to the legislature that year to get our lot changed, and because we are by any legislature, it took two years to get the law changed so that we could home school our children. during that two years, i actually started a private school where i was the teacher and administrator in a one-r

it is in the social security data bank.if we match that up, if the employer would call in and we could lift the prohibition on this, the employers could actually be mandated to check to see if these are valid workers. the problem that you face is according to the gallup polling organization, i have a friend who polls for gallup. he says if i extrapolate these numbers, there are a billion people who would like to come to the united states, and we have a legal process for people to come here and is the most generous in the world. but on top of that, we have a lot of people who are circumventing the process. if you have 12 million phony social security numbers out there that people are using to work, it is going to affect unemployment, especially at times of recession. this bill should be passed immediately. he and i are working to get it passed, and it is my hope we do that. >> i hope that you can, because it is hard when you are my age to compete against kids coming out of college trying to pay off student loans and people f

floridians -- 47% of them will go into poverty without social security. a social security commission must be called the mother is like every president in the past, the last one being president reagan -- we must with -- worked out these issues to keep social security solvent. a bipartisan approach would be helpful. we need a presidential commission with stakeholders such as aarp and other groups at the table. i agree with mr. greene as it relates to not reading the it -- not raising the age for eligibility. it is important to protect mr. -- to earth -- to protect benefits and to have a track record in fighting for the sovereignty of social security and not privatizing it. people like charlie crist and marco rubio would like to see that happen. >> darryl, do you have a followup? >> yes. you're against privatizing social security and also against raising the retirement age. would you be for means testing benefits? >> well, that has to be a discussion with the commission. i look forward to getting the stake holders together. anyone that says they have, you kn

they are not going up on social security. they need to go up on social security so people can make it, because the longer that we stay down jobwise, we won't get out of this recession we are in. and we need to try to make more jobs. when obama went in there, the united states was in a big mess. host: let's take a look at international news. this comes from australia. australians and failed to deliver a clean win in the national elections. the parliament faces a stalemate on saturday after voters failed to deliver clear majority. with about 3/4 of the votes counted saturday, lawmakers from both parties conceded they were unlikely to get enough votes to form a majority in the house of representatives. disgruntled with the two upon its, voters turned to independent candidates and the green party which captured its first seed in the house. support for the greens was seen as a repudiation by traditional labor voters of that parties decision to shelve its cap and trade energy plan until after the year 2012. back to the question --

job, or current employees with the social security office. we know there are 12 million people working on fake documents right now. people come here, commit document fraud, by a fake social security number. it is in the system, in the data bank. if we matched that up, if the employer would call in, and we could lift the prohibition on this, the employers could be mandated to check to see if these are valid workers. the problem that you face is according to the gallup polling organization -- a friend works for them -- he says that if you extrapolate these numbers, there are 1 billion people would like to come to the u.s. we have a legal process for people to come here. it is the most generous in the world. but on top of that, we have many people who are circumventing the process. if you have 12 million fake social security numbers out there that people are using to work, it will affect unemployment, especially during times of recession. this bill should be passed immediately. he and i are working to get it passed. >> i hope that you can. it is

they are not giving us a raise soon for social security. but what is the budget directing, what do they do about taking care of their own like the congress? are they thinking of making any cuts in what they gut -- what they get? guest: so, to the first point about the lack of cost of living adjustments right now in social security for older americansnd in the disability insurance program, that is a function of inflation being extremely low and prices having declined over some period. and we project low inflation the next few years and thus only small or no cost of living adjustments for a few years until the economy strgthens and we think inflation moves up a little bit again. then there will be renewed cost of living adjustments according to our forecast. in terms of what else is being done to save money in terms of what is spent right here to run the government, right now congress is in the process of setting appropriations for running the government over the coming fiscal year. i know from what our own agency went through we were asked a

social security will remain solvent until 2037. that's also expected to improve when new taxes take effect in the coming years. at a briefing today, treasury secretary timothy geithner said the impact of health care reform is monumental. >> these are very, very, very substantial improvements in the rate of growth of health care costs that make a very substantial improvement in our long-term fiscal position. much, much larger than anything we've considered, much less embraced, as a country over the last several decades. >> suzanne: despite the improved outlook for social security, the program's payments this year will exceed revenues for the first time. still, the trustee's report says that imbalance will correct as the economy improves. >> jeff: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: stocks were flat, thanks to worries about tomorrow's july employment report and today's reading on weekly jobless claims. the dow fell five points, the nasdaq lost 10 and the s&p 500 was off a point. the pace of trading volume dipped on bo

grim news for social security. this year the program will sink into the red, the first time that's happened since the program was overhauled back in 1983. a new report says the cost of social security will exceed tax revenues in 2010 and 2011, due in large part to the economic downturn. >>> meanwhile the number of americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 40.8 million in may. that's up 19% from last year in its 18th straight record month. >>> a minnesota man who spent over two years in prison for a fatal crash involving a toyota camry has been freed after his case got a new look due to the recent acceleration problems with toyota vehicles. the 32-year-old had been convicted of criminal vehicular homicide in a 2006 crash that killed three people. he insisted that he tried to brake before the collision, but was sentenced to the maximum eight years. >>> and a piano believed to have been played by mozart has surfaced in germany. a german radio station says the instrument was built in 1775, one of only eight know

you tap into social security at the age of 62.ormal retirement age, which is between the ages of 65 and 67 depending on when you were born you get 100% of your payout. but if you hang on until you're 70, you get 132% of what you were owed before. no benefit to waiting until after 70. >> can you work and claim your benefits? >> you can. however, you can only get your full payout and have no implications if you are within your normal retirement age. so, you're 65 to 67. and you've tapped into social security. and you have a job, you'll still get your full benefits. but if you've taken social security early, than what the government says for every $1 you earn, they're going to take $2. for every dollar over $14,160. there's a cost to having tapped in early, if you get a full-time job. now, here's what people are saying. what if i was really on hard times and i had to take the money? and now, i have a job and i want to stop? >> exactly. >> you can. you can write to the social security administration and tell them, you want to stop rec

one in eight californians on social security.hey say without the assistance 40% of elderly californians would be living in poverty. >>> v-day day from world war ii 2, re-enacting the famous photo at the end of the war. it was on this day in 1945 that the photographer captured the image during a spontaneous celebration in times square. lots of kissing going on. here in san jose, there was also a parade at the history museum and a photo journalist was there. >> if you were at the 24 liberator, i had only been married three months. before my name came up. the missions were tough. i've seen good friends of mine die. i had a good crew. men that cared, you know. you know, at revele, the flag would go up and tears would come down our eyes, you know. everybody put on a uniform to fight for his country. a country like this, especially, will be happy, will be glad they're doing their part. and i'm proud to call myself an american, to have fought for my country. i can never forget that. >>> so we did a little looking back. here's a look for

social security is not in crisis. happening is, is that the population is getting older, which means we've got more retirees per worker than we used to. we're going to have to make some modest adjustments in order to strengthen it. there are some fairly modest changes that could be made without resorting to any newfangled schemes that would continue social security for another 75 years, where everybody would get the benefits that they deserve. and what we've done is we've created a fiscal commission of democrats and republicans to come up with what would be the best combination to help stabilize social security for not just this generation, but the next generation. i'm absolutely convinced it can be done. and as i said, i want to encourage people to save more on their own, but i don't want them taking money out of social security so that people are putting that into the stock market. there are other ways of doing this. for example, it turns out that if you set up a system with your employer where the employer automati

she received a large back payment from social security. i am trying to learn how to manage the money from social security. it has confusing requirements that she must spend the money within several months or lose benefits because then she would have to much money to receive benefits. i was able to find out that the city of san francisco provides payee services for its clients. as a four weeks ago, these services have been closed because the staff has been overwhelmed. they are no longer providing these payee services to new clients. there is no waiting list. i was fortunate that the person i talked to slid me under the back door to speak to someone she thought might be able to help meet in answering my questions. that person, with her expertise and experience, was able to explain to me how i could pre- pay rent and medical expenses for this family member to spend the money without losing benefits. i was very fortunate as a family member to have gotten some key information that would ensure that federal dollars are not wasted or lost and th

privatizing social security. most people my age don't believe we are going to get social security.here is a brand, but i'm sorry, this year a will the of those are popular. >> privatizing -- >> i'm not going to get it. >> happy to be paying into it and not get it, are you? believe me. >> let me get back to bachmann. she is an attractive lady, but she has to do is run statewide and get herself a governor or senate seat before she runs national. she is a tremendous straw out there in the congressional race. >> bachmann as running mate. we in the media will love it. >> obama is going to dump biden and put hillary in there. >> who is we, john? >> i would think we would agree. >> i don't know if it's going to help obama. >> i wouldn't oppose it, but i don't think it's going to happen. >> let me give you the scenario. the republicans do take over the house. who do you think is going to be the leader of the republicans in the house? >> i think there might be a run against boehner if the republicans take over the house. i don't know who it would be. you have canter. >> it would not be mich

kids social security numbers are usually desirable because their clean. the they've iend e find the numbers on line and sell them to people with bad credit who run up huge debt. parents say it's just not something on their radar. >> it's a very strange idea that live children's social security number, wouldn't you need more than a social security number to establish a credit i.d.? >> reporter: spirits say parents would routinely check their child's credit record and be careful about giving out the number and keep a careful eye on what your kids do online. >>> you may have noticed one or two of them. the large green highway signs covered with graffiti. this is what one of those signs looks like now. caltrans spent the last two days cleaning the signs that were unreadable. crews say summer months are always the busiest for the taggers because school is out. >> i know what exit i'm coming off of but people who are here from out of turn won't know what exit they're coming from. >> crews say the taggers usually strike back in a couple of days after the signs a

would he cut national security, social security? i hear a lot of republicans -- and i understand their frustration. i understand they're the party out of per, but i hear a lot of talking in generalizations about cutting this and cutting that and responsibility. i guess my question is -- when and what are the republicans' specific answer to saving this money? what programs are they going to cut? you know, it's easy to talk in generalization. i guess what i'm asking is -- host: all right, paul, we'll get some specific recommendations there. guest: i am not prepared to go to the budget line by line. if you go to fiscal year 2008 levels that would be a quite sizeable percentage cut that i would be perfectly comfortable applying to most every domestic program. and if you repeal the obamacare and captured those medicare reductions i think that would be another big chunk. host: erie, pennsylvania, harold, republican line. caller: how is everybody at c-span and mr. lowry? how are you doing? guest: how you doing? caller: i am doing fine. i a

the democrats wanted to spend the whole weekend talking about social security, instead we are talking about the president's remarks on the mosque. they have tried to stay focus on the jobs' message. >> the president who delivers that message is robert gibbs and we talked about it in the beginning of this interview. maureen dowd of the "new york times" said he needs to resign or become counsel to the president. >> there have been a few rumblings. a couple of members of congress made that case as well. robert is in a unique position of serving a dual role, he is the white house press secretary and a good friend to the president and that creates friction. robert has made no secret he wants to focus on policy and political advice to the president 100% instead of dividing his time between that and the podium. robert said he isn't going anywhere and that's probably the case. the podium is his as long as he wants it. >> robert gibbs responding to chip reid of absence news. >> did you put your foot in your mouth or did you say something that you meant? [laughter] >> i had my feet planted firm

social security is not in crisis. is, is that the population is getting older, which means we've got more retirees per worker than we used to. we're going to have to make some modest adjustments in order to strengthen it. there are some fairly modest changes that could be made without resorting to any newfangled schemes that would continue social security for another 75 years, where everybody would get the benefits that they deserve. and what we've done is we've created a fiscal commission of democrats and republicans to come up with what would be the best combination to help stabilize social security for not just this generation, but the next generation. i'm absolutely convinced it can be done. and as i said, i want to encourage people to save more on their own, but i don't want them taking money out of social security so that people are putting that into the stock market. there are other ways of doing this. for example, it turns out that if you set up a system with your employer where the employer automatically dedu

to keep social security solvent. a bipartisan approach would be helpful. i think we need a presidential commission with other groups at the table and policy makers. i agree with mr. green as it relates. i think it is important to protect disability and to have a track record in fighting for the social security. >> if you are against privatizing social security. would you be for means testing benefits? >> there would have to be a discussion with the commission. i look forward to getting stakeholders' together. anyone that says that they have the silver bullet for social security needs to be reviewed. i think that sitting down in meeting with floridians and having town hall meetings throughout the state will be very important. i have gone to food banks throughout the state of florida. the reason that i go is to find out what is really going on. we have 30% to 40% shortage in food. these are teachers, public workers, private sector workers, and they're making the same money they were making the eight years ago and they

they are not giving us a rse soon for social security. but what is the budget directing, what do they do about taking care of their own like the congress? are they thinking of making any cuts in what they gut -- what they get? guest: so, to the first point about the lack of cost ofiving adjustments right now in social security for older americans and in the disability inrance program, that is a function of inflation being extremely low and prices having declined over some period. and we project low inflation the next few years and thus only small or no cost of living adjustments for a few years until the economy strengthens and we think inflation moves up a little bit again. then there will be renewed cost of living adjustments according to our forecast. in terms of what else is being done to save money in terms of what is spent right here to run the government, right now congress is in the process of settg appropriations for running the government over the coming fiscal year. i know from what our own agency went through we were asked a l

social security is not in crisis. what is happening is that the population is getting older, which means we have got more retirees per worker than we used to. we're going have to make some modest adjustments in order to strengthen it. there are some fairly modest changes that could be made without resorting to any newfangled schemes that would continue security for another 75 years, where everybody would get the benefits that they deserve. and what we have done is create up fiscal commission of democrats and republicans to come up with what would be the best combination to help stabilize social security or not just this generation, but the next generation. i am absolutely convinced it can be done. and as i said, i want to encourage people to save more on their own, but i do not want them taking money out of social security so that people are putting that into the stock market. there are other ways of doing this. for example, it turns out that if you set up a system with your employer where the employer automatically d

they are not giving us a raise soon for social security. but what is the budget directing, what do they do about taking care of their own like the congress? are they thinking of making any cuts in what they gut -- what they get? guest: so, to the first point about the lack of cost of living adjustments right now in social security for older americans and in the disability insurance program, that is a function of inflation being extremely low and prices having declined over some period. and we project low inflation the next few years and thus only small or no cost of living adjustments for a few years until the economy strengthens and we think inflation moves up a little bit again. then there will be renewed cost of living adjustments according to our forecast. in terms of what else is being done to save money in terms of what is spent right here to run the government, right now congress is in the process of setting appropriations for running the government over the coming fiscal year. i know from what our own agency went through we were ask

the monument with its tree social security open from 8:00 a.m. to sunset. the next free day for national park social security september 25th and after that it's on veteran's day. >> still ahead on the news, volunteers from all walks of life roll up their sleeves to fix up a busy oakland street. . >>> several dozen volunteers took to the streets or more specifically to a street in oakland for a project. community groups, youth groups, church members and young people on probation picked up rakes and shovels to lawn up the green medium in east oakland. project's organizers say they are trying to lend a hand to help city maintenance crews. >> the face of oakland is its parks and mediums and people driving through see them before anything else and if they are a mess then people think the city is a mess. we really need to help them out. >> they urged all residents to take responsibility for the parks in their neighborhoods and pick up litter and help keep them clean. >> fred is here tonight and close last night, they lost, close today and they won. >> it wasn't a