and these are being paid out 63000000 people are drawing sick social security and 8000000 are drawing disability benefits but because of low interest rates their income on their interest income is down from something like 128000000000 just in 2009 and it's down sharply now and every single one percent decline in interest rates they lose $28000000000.00 and interest income to the social security plan so you know this is this fight that everybody's been having over when social security goes bankrupt as it were. that low interest rates are causing a lot of duress they're right this is where the paul krugman comment that that doesn't matter because this money we owe ourselves breaks down just look at the social security pot of money that's going now to bankrupt is because of this mentality that it doesn't matter we can just go into debt forever but way to go to debt forever is by constantly lowering interest rates to support was a effectively a ponzi scheme and in the case of say social security they realized that interest of pay recipients that is going to lead to a day when there is no

but i will not castigate social security for the problems today. want to make the point that selling this, selling the social insurance programs is easier than otherwise. taking care of the only poor was -- elderly poor was something set aside for old age assistance prior stuff the states have been passing in the early 1930's. there was a poverty program for the elderly, a tax along with a security, a pension program for people who were working. social security income, i will talk about the target for what happens if you get nothing. what can you get from supplemental security? it was meant to be funded from general taxation. it actually did a lot because hardly anybody was funding old age assistance type stuff aside houses until the early 1930's. they had laws before that in the 1920's, but they said it was a county option which meant nothing. the federal government and social security act starts funding and providing matching grants, it opens the door for all states to do it. they are spending a lot of money on old-age assistance in the 1950's ins

blacks and a lot of people in the jobs, they got left out of social security. domestic workers were left out until the 1950's. it is not unusual for the social insurance systems. worker's comp., they left out agriculture workers and small farms and it things like that. this is our last question. >> one thing that is unique about the united states in terms of its welfare system or social insurance system is that there is a multiplicity of jurisdictions and different political level systems interacting with the federal one. to what extent do you see learning going on and jurisdictions taking on board the experiences of other places? so you mentioned that in the case of one of those targets you have clustering where the states would just copy the levels of the other states did. can you talk more about that endeavor? prof. fishback: there is a little bit of that going on, not as much as you might think. we found a lot of states pretty much matched what the states next door did. a lot of times, there are national groups negotiating and they will set up the standard b

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and the way we do business there or whether it's with social security, whether it is traditional socialecurity or social security disability. the media goes into a frenzy. we've seen this happen in recent past. there is an issue there where politicians are afraid to talk about those issues. we have to have real and honest conversation about it. understand that these programs need work. they need work. it's a huge government bureaucracy. we have people that need support in our own communities. we need to be able to cut through the red tape. to have honest conversations. we need to sit down, republican, democrat it , doesn't matter. we have to have honest conversations about the issues that exist within the federal programs and how we overcome them. until we sit down and do it without hysterics, and without trying to make it a political talking point, only then are we going to be able to move forward on any real significant change in those programs. thank you, nathaniel. >> will followed by laura of panora. >> will rogers with the iowa nebraska equipment dealers association. i wanted to t

and ideal targets for social security schemes given that social security tends to be their biggest form of income. how is the ftc addressing these robo calls targeting seniors particularly those pretending to work for the social security administration. >> this is another big priority area for us. and i'll talk specifically about the social security administration first and then give me a chance and i'll tell you what else we are doing. we became the social security scam was going on. and they were duplicating and spoofing the social security administration phone number. but it was a phone number they didn't use except for to take incoming calls. so we worked with the social security administration to make the phone line only work for incoming calls, not outgoing calls. i think that -- that was fairly effective in dealing with the problem, at least in that form. more broadly, in march of in year we had a huge federal, state and international cracked on elder broad schemes. these were primarily focused on tech support cases. we are about to submit a second annual congressionally mandated

we're protecting your social security.f you want to protect the social security, then do something. the trust act does that. we're going to take care of your medicare. you want to take care of medicare? support the trust act. that'll do that. these are things that we can do and do them now. and we shouldn't wait. we should bring it back to the floor and you should go on record to vote. are you really go to support social security? are you really going to support medicare? then vote. then vote. and if you don't have the guts to vote, that means you don't support social security and don't support medicare and don't quit being a hypocrite going out there campaigning saying you do. that's what it comes down to. we're just trying to fix something in an orderly fashion where everything v. -- where everybody has it. bipartisan, bicameral. if we can't do this, we can't do anything in a bipartisan, bicameral way. i thank my friend, i really do. i thank my friend, senator romney, for doing this. i'm on board. count me in. we have ot

make changes to social security. social security is not a deficit issue but a cash flow issue over the coming time frame. and medicare -- medicaid. there are some really important mandatory programs like i said earlier on autopilot we have to come to grips with. you know, president bush was the last one trying to address social security. died when katrina came on. president obama didn't want to take on medicare. social security president trump is i want not in his agenda. in order to get that addressed mean flee it it takes leader shep outside the white house. now we can maybe lay the groundwork to make it happen pl until it's on the agenda of the president, to force that happen, make it happen, i'm not too encouraged we can do much more than have the conversation try to build the case for why it's important. >> yes, ma'am. >> i'm glad that -- i'm glad that you're g going to be with us two more years. >> well, 14 months. >> because i was worried when this information came across my desk october 3rd, which is an execu

i'm on social security because of my disability. i have a learning and spelling disability and i have a bad back condition. i do worry about things like that. host: let's take that up and your advice for julie. guest: i would encourage you to vote for bernie because he is somebody who cares so deeply about what you just described and making sure that you have a safety net. that you don't have to suffer because you have an ailment. i could go down a whole list of things from what she's talking about. what's going on with what we've read in the paper this week about boeing aircraft. this is what happens when you don't have regulations. they are able to build planes anyway they want to build them. there's no regulation of how they produce the pharmaceuticals you end up with pills that were made wrong. somebody that is going to be on top of this and is going to always be thinking about the people. i would say bernie is the best for that in my opinion. but there are other democrats who also have a strong heart and a strong conviction for

president obama did not want to take on medicare, social security. president trump, that is not in his agenda either. in order for us to get those addressed meaningfully, it will take leadership out of the white house in order to make that happen because no single house can make that happen. we can maybe lay lay the oundwork for that, but until it's on the agenda of the president to make that happen, then i am not encouraged that we can do more than just have a conversation, try to build the case for why it is important. yes? >> i am glad that you are going to be with us for two more years. rep. conaway: 14 months. >> i was worried when the information came across my desk on october 3, an executive order on medicare, it may even be too new to have come across your desk. but i am a nurse practitioner, and i have been here for 25 years in private practice in santa anna. all this time i have had to fight bureaucracy to maintain my independent practice. one of those is having to pay a physician every month to supervise me. rep. conaway: right. >> 22 othe

social security attack on social security. social security is based on a a principle it's based on a principle of solidarity is based on a a principle it's based on a principle of solidarity so a very caring for others. so very caring for others. a social security means i pay payroll taxes. social security means i pay payroll taxes so that the widow across town can get something to live on a so that the widow across town can get something to live on. much of the population that's what they survive. it's of no use for much of the population that's what they survive. it's of no use to the very rich so therefore there's a concerted attempt to destroy it used to the very rich so therefore there's a concerted attempt to destroy it. one of the ways is defunding it you want to destroy it. one of the ways is defunding it you want to destroy some system 1st the fund. then it will work people be angry by some system 1st the fund. then it will work people be angry they want something else that's a standard technique for. privatizing they

this according to the social security administration.the rising cost of living? who better to ask than our own david asman. your thoughts? >> i'm thinking, can you imagine any fund manager worth his salt, gee i will give us a 1.6% increase on your principle this year? imagine of giving social security this year, you were allowed to buy into an s&p index fund, for example? if you put starting age of 25, you put 1000 a month in one of those funds you would have $2,003,954,000. i do not think that session security comes any near providing that return. it is a real scam. melissa: testing a new option uber ped, give as heads up if they bring a furry friend. passengers have to pay extra carly fiorina has option to opt out. david, luna. >> i have a little dog that weighses 10 pounds. i put luna in a bag. nobody knows it is there. i don't have to pay a fee. i get away with murder no matter what they decide. melissa: you admitted cheating on television. >> all right. melissa: what is coming up on the big show? there is luna by the way. >> preside

what would you do to strengthen medicare and social security? >> there not just been talks about it. president trump's budget, notwithstanding his promises, will cut medicare over and over again. the biggest cuts that will ever been made. he has not been able to do it because congress has not supported it. on social security, we should lift the cap on the payroll tax. we should be increasing social security payments for the most vulnerable americans among us. if we did not have these programs in place, the poverty among seniors would be twice what it is today. our child poverty rate is twice the size of our seniors rate which thy -- which is why i am so interested in the american family act. with medicare, we have to change our way -- change the way our health care system delivers medicine in america. it does mean reducing the cost of health care. we are spending twice as month -- twice as much as any industrialized country. we are spending twice as much our abilitypend -- to invest in the next generation and deal with a 35% cut would be better

dchlt and social security number. >> here's the problem. people are not ready for this real i.d. thing. a survey found that nearly 40%e i.d. and 57% don't even know about the real i. dchl deadline next year. >> i have a california driver's license. i don't know about a real i.d. >> to make matters worse to get a real i.d. is pretty tricky. not only do you need to be squeezed in, but you have to bring all kinds of proof to say who you say you are. that means a birth certificate, passport or permanent rez depcy card plus social security card or pay stub showing your full social security number plus rental agreement, utility bill or employment documents. seems simple? >> i think it's a pain in the butt. >> reporter: well, maybe. but if you want to get on a plane next october, a real i.d. can make your life real easy. an old-fashioned driver ice license means you could be driving instead. >>> new coming to sfo. starting today you'll have to drop off your loved ones quickly or get ready to pay. free 30 minutes parking is they were running a test

lift off their income and social security. that's crazy. it's too much. the average income and social security is about $1400 a month that comes to about $17,000 here. the average couple spends well over $46,000 for 17,000 is what we're getting 46 thousands sending out a got a safe retirement you can't say that wall street's crazy he got to save for retirement supplemental. for one k for 3 before 57 social security's, not good enough can't count on it along all right, thank as always rob keep the questions coming in reach out to rob you can e-mail directly facebook twitter our website kron 4 dot com always that you can send your questions will try answer them come tomorrow. >>25 in national news an officer in fort worth texas is now charged with murder and it has just resigned from the force tell those charges come in the wake of a woman who was shot and killed in her own home. >>by that officer we've got mandy gaither now with the story. >>an officer charged with murder. it's what the family of a talk to on a jefferson has been calling for since the 28 y

. >>> and social security checks are going up next year, the modest increase some people can expect. >>> taking you out to the bay bridge, as the traffic begins to grow on this friday morning. mike will be in soon to give you updates as you get out the door. >>> good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headli headlines. wall street is set to open in the green as high level negotiators from the u.s. and china resume trade talks in washington tad. president trump told reporters the first day of talks on thursday were going "really well" and tweeted he'd meet with the chinese premier at the white house today, that increased hopes among investors both sides can reach agreement. if no progress is made this week, u.s. tariffs on chinese imports are said to increase early next week. >>> import prices for september will be released before the opening bell. later in the session, investors will keep an eye on october's consumer sentiment figures. in an effort to jump start stalled talks the ceo met with gary jones on wednesday, the first barra attende

department of the social security administration.eason of this call is to inform you that your social security number has been suspended for suspicion of illegal activity. if you do not contact us immediately, your account will be deactivated. for more information about this case file, press 1 or call immediately our department number 326 -- this is a scam! thieves are misusing the social security administration's authority in phone schemes to trick you into giving them money or personal information. they state there is a problem with your social security number or account. they claim there has been suspicious or fraudulent activity and you could be arrested or face other legal action. they even spoof ssa's main customer service telephone number on caller id. don't believe them. don't provide any information. ssa employees will never threaten you for information or promise benefits in exchange for information. in those cases, the call is fraudulent. just hang up. if you suspect you've been contacted by an ssa scammer, call the social

we need to make changes to social security. it is not a deficit issue, but a cash flow issue.nd medicare and medicaid. there are some really important programs, everything is on autopilot, that we will have to come to grips with. president bush was the last to try to address social security, but that died when hurricane katrina happened. did not want to take on medicare. president obama did not want to take on medicare. president trump, that is not in his agenda either. in order for us to get those addressed meaningfully, it will take leadership getting out of the white house for that to make it happen. -- maybe we relay can lay the groundwork for that, but until we have it on the agenda of the president to make that happen, then i am not encouraged that we can do more than just have a conversation, try to build the case for why it is important. yes? you are goinghat to be with us for two more years. rep. conaway: 14 months. >> i was worried when the information came across my desk on october 3, an executive order on medicare, it may even be too new to have come across your de

we need tooc address social security. need tolot of things we be doing and instead were having whose, it really is almost a sham. you could literally call it a sham. >> if you want asking questions, call in. and you can text questions to a 27,488,003. your calling, other means committee is on earlier says that democrats could do two things atmo once, work on impeachment and these pressing mca and divide. that argument. >> i think we can but it's not happening. i believe we really need, the rightva reasons, nasa was so positive for so much of the country. there were some areas in whose industry in some places that were is advantaged in nafta but broadbrush throughout the united states, it was better off in the army s mca makes a whole lot better. also bring in the 21st century which is the huge positive thing for us is a country. it puts a another hundred and 76000 people to work. and increases our gdp by $68 billion. mexico and canada want whose. they had the opportunity whose week to talk with trade ambassadors from cana

we've got to make changes to social security. social security is not a deficit issue, it's a cash flow issue. medicare, medicaid. there's really important mandatory programs. like i said on autopilot we have to come to grips with. president obama didn't want to take on medicare, president trump is not seeing -- that's not in his agenda either. in order for us to get those addressed meaningfully, it's going to have to take leadership out of the white house to make it happen. no single house can make that happen. we can lay the groundwork for it to make that happen. but until we have on the agenda for the president to make that happen, then i'm not too encouraged we can do more than have the conversation, try to build the case for why it's important. >> i'd glad you're going to be with us two more years. >> 14 months. >> because i was really worried when this information came across my desk october 3rd, which is an executive order on medicare. it may have been too new for it to come across your desk. but i'm a nurse practitioner in

we do not know about social security, how long it will last. what would you do to strengthen medicare and social security? >> there have not just been talks about it. as you know, president trump's notwithstanding his promises during the campaign have cut medicare over and over again, the biggest cuts that have ever been made. he has not been able to do it because congress has not supported him. i think we should lift the cap on the payroll tax. we should be increasing social security payments for the most vulnerable americans among us. you are right. if we did not have these programs in place, the poverty rate among seniors would be twice as high as it is today. that is why these programs are so important. i might mention that our child poverty rate is twice the size of our seniors rate, which is why i am so interested in the american family act which we talked about earlier. on medicare, i think what we have got to do is change the way our health care system delivers medicine in america. we have got to realign our incentives and disincentives

you move social security and medicare back in and you start where we're at. the goal here is to keep our promises, produce enough economic expansion and engage in health of tech noling care disruptions to make the math work. is that republican or democrat? it's neither. it's actually what's really good for our society. but it's the reality. so let's actually touch on just a couple of these things. and i'm sorry this is the best slide i have on this subject area. it's a little noisy. but there's a democrat member who, he and i have been working on this, trying to actually promote continued investment in things like diabetes. turns out if you can follow this noisy chart, we're modeling that the projected costs of medicare, about 30% of it is diabetes. what would happen if we could actually have either a technology breakthrough on everything helping our brothers and sisters with obesity issues, to being able to grow pancreatic cells and reactvate someone's pancreatic reas so it's producing insulin? those investments are worthwhile because they have such a dramat

also wondering, our s he going to do to social security? am a -- guest: what's a 78-yard line going to do to social security? ou couldn't have a better person being responsible to make sure that everybody over the age protected ing to be by somebody over the age of 65. there.g to worry about caller: i am 60. back. turned 60 a while i am on social security because disability. guest: sure. caller: i have a learning and spelling disability. back -- bad back condition. but i do worry about things like that. and then -- host: let's take that up. your advice for julie. guest: well, i would encourage you to vote for bernie because cares so ody who deeply about what you just you ibed, making sure that have a safety net. hat you don't have to suffer ailment.f you have an anything. this is -- it's -- i could go things from list of what she's talking about, what's going on with the -- what we paper this week about boeing aircraft. this is what happens when you don't have regulations. have regulations, they're able to build planes any damn way they wan

young folks are more likely to the fulln ufos and get value of their social security check. look at counties down in 1983, yous, prior to could create your own social that is system, and with those counties did. if you talk to a janitor, a fireman, folks who say they love our program. they are in an annuity. a supreme court decision said none of us have any legal claim whatsoever to the social security system. they have a real account. if they died, they can give it to their kids, church, a charity. it has produced a higher rate of return for individuals. ofre are lots of ways skinning the cat that don't entail more government. to your earlier question about what happened, what happened is congress is almost unable to lead. that is not the way it was designed. it takes executive branch leadership. when the president says we will , add toh entitlements defense, have a tax cut, what it does is give the house and senate ceeo incentive to say, no. that is why it is so important we have this conversation and executive branch leadership on the subject. weld foranford in bill the ne

when they find nuggets like addresses and relative names and partial social security numbers they use them. to gain trust. nearly a third of scam calls use this technique. and sadly it works. 75% of people who fell for a scam got conned using their own information as batd bait. text messages are under assault too. mobile security company lookout warned us some are targeting parents. with alarming highly personalized text. >> your daughter. her real name. had a serious accident at her elementary school. the correct school. click on the link for more information. what parent wouldn't click. >> crooks don't necessarily need to scour the dark web to personally point a scam. because you might be their most reliable source to access information like a child's name or school. >> where are they getting the data? >> social media. >> us. >> we publish all of our lives online. it's easy to work out. and you get a very personalized looking message. and your more likely to click on that. >> urging us to be extra cautious about what we share. because we think it's just friends. there are many other

there is social security, medicare, medicaid to help folks who are older. is nothing for that young parent trying to have a child. the idea that we will take a program i think is important to be targeted for those in the least healthy financial situation who are struggling and stressed the most, these young parents, and we will give more money to take care of elderly when they get the huge lion share of money are ready spent in washington, if we are going to prioritize it, let's take it to those who are in the most need to get very little help. host: james, a democratic caller. caller: thanks for taking my call. it is all about what the people will-- retire less and that has proven to be wrong. costco gives all the benefits, gathers the best workers, and it forll about the position people to take little wages, no benefits, have 3, 4 jobs, and for the person to keep going out on the rallies and talking about the lowest unemployment. they have no benefits, have to have 2, 3 jobs. they don't have no health care and they are sick. are we better than germans? it

. >> they already have my i.d., my social security number. i don't know that we need to take it to another level. >> i think it's a pain in the butt. >> a real i.d. is a federally compliant identification card, so you can use it to pass through airport security. our old california driver's license don't meet the new standards, so to get a real i.d. you have to go to the dmv in person. the earliest appointments in the bay area are towards the end of december. you need to bring a birth certificate or passport, proof of your social security number and two documents confirming our address. >>> if you're hoping to take a fall vacation, southwest is kicking off another of its seasonal sales. fares usually tumble during the slower fall and winter months. southwest is having deals today and tomorrow. 100 bucks from the bay area to anywhere in california and vegas, and portland. $300 for cross country trips to atlanta, nashville and baltimore. flights have to be between mid-november and february, and they can't be during the thanksgiving or christmas

and 68 million people who received social security can look forward to a modest rise in the benefits next year. on thursday, the federal agency that administers the program announced 1.6% cost of living increase for 2020. according to the senior citizens league, the average social security recipient will receive on additional $23.40 a month. and that's your cbs money watch report. for more head to cbs money watch.com at the new york stock exchange, i am diane king hall. >>> let's check weather and we are happy the wind are dying town. >> yes. right. thankfully so. >> a little more calm out there right. >> it is. for sure. quieter weather and we are looking at that sunshine as we head through the day. temps wall are compared to yesterday. but calm out there. so, hopefully, you have that power if you don't, thanks for watching on your mobile dough vices. device. we are glad we can be there for you. looking east this morning, it's chillier start to the day. temp in the 40s and in the 50s. right now, in concord you are at 49. oakland in the mid-50s. upper 40s in livermore. upper 50sin sa

young folks are more likely to the fulln ufos and get value of their social security check. look at counties down in 1983, yous, prior to could create your own social that is system, and with those counties did. if you talk to a janitor, a fireman, folks who say they love our program. they are in an annuity. a supreme court decision said none of us have any legal claim whatsoever to the social security system. they have a real account. if they died, they can give it to their kids, church, a charity. it has produced a higher rate of return for individuals. ofre are lots of ways skinning the cat that don't entail more government. to your earlier question about what happened, what happened is congress is almost unable to lead. that is not the way it was designed. it takes executive branch leadership. when the president says we will , add toh entitlements defense, have a tax cut, what it does is give the house and senate ceeo incentive to say, no. that is why it is so important we have this conversation and executive branch leadership on the subject. weld foranford in bill the ne

the trustees and social security actually include a scenario and it turns out to a lot of money for social security and let's get the timing do you think and this is good and i agree with the concerns about tinkering with fertility policy and was made pretty quickly and i were talking about is reduced by 75% and families handing them a bunch of cash. this is not a bad thing and if it also compresses generational society and reduces the gap between the children that women have and that they want to have. if there's some, a little bit of cohort effect and we have some research in canada which found a bit of a cohort effect and if we increased toiled memory a little bit great? will cash bonus to everything? no. i'm sympathetic to the view that it's a despair problem and making the society part of this. having a functional education and health system is part of it but you may have different views (laughs) it's just a great word. a lot of these policies actually do have a track record of having some effect that would like to have birth rates and people want in a world that have lots of things a

they want social security system that's there when they need it. and they want an equal partnership and the chance to play a part in europe. those sentiments haven't changed, but the way to achieve them has. the commitment made to the postwar generations have been broken but the just and the fair society that was promised can still be realized. it will be realized now, when together, we win our country's independence. (applause) it is inexplicable to me that anyone who cares about social justice would want to leave powers at westminster, when that so often means leaving them in the hands of right wing tory government and i think it would be inexplicable today, to the pioneers of the scottish labour party, james one of the big favors of labor movement, spoke about the campaign for home rule back in the 1920's. his words are worth quoting in full. so please indulge me. give us our parliament in scotland. in connection with year we'll start with no traditions. we'll start with ideals. men and women will spend their whole energy, their whole brain powe

>>social security. the administration says millions of retirees will get the modest one 0.6% cost of living increase in 2020. that amounts to $24 a month or so for the average retiree. this could have political consequences in the coming election year is democrats push for more generous inflation protection. niors in advocates complain that the inflation yardstick used to determine the annual adjustment does not adequately reflect their costs mainly for health care. we'll take a quick bak, our come try my really big chicken sandwich combo with two patties for $4.99, or three for $5.99, or four for $6.99. that's an amazing deal, jack! hey, thanks, stanley. ow. ...wait, what's happening? stanley! you're deflating! hold me, jack! only at jack in the box.

your social security number has been suspended. contact us, your account will be deactivated. scammers are aggressive when they contact a potential victim. social security administration employees will never threaten you for information or promise benefits in exchange for information. in those cases, the call is fraudulent, and you should just hang up. don't provide any personal or financial information to these thieves. call the social security fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271 ♪ >> tucker: well, alexandria ocasio-cortez may be the face of the new democratic party, but on the very top, where the lever of power power are, there are some older people. that fact is having a big affect effect there are questions about joe biden's fitness for office, saying weird things, now bernie sanders has suspended his campaign after he underwent emergency surgery for blocked arteries today. this is a major development in the race. how will it affect who becomes the democratic nominee? lisa boothe is a senior fellow voice, frequent guest here tonigh

they have my i.d., they have my social security number. don't know that we need to take it to another level. >> i think it's a pain in the butt. >> a real i.d. is a federally compliant identification card, that means you're going to have to have one to get through airport security unless you use a passport. our old california driver's licenses do not meet those standards, so to get a real i.d. you have to go to the dmv in person. the earliest appointments in the bay area are towards the end of december. you have to bring proof of identity like a birth certificate, passport, proof of your social security number and two documents confirming your address. >>> if you're hoping to take a fall vacation, southwest is kicking off another of its seasonal sales. fares usually tumble during the slower fall and winter months. southwest is adding on with deals today and tomorrow. we researched what their fares may look like. $100 from the bay area to anywhere in california and vegas, and portland. $300 for cross country trips to atlanta, nashville and

we shouldn't balance the budget on the back of people on social security or what is left of our safety net. guest: i appreciate those reflections. let me just tell a story of my own. i was out in a pretty conservative part of my district one saturday morning just knocking on doors, not campaign time, just to see what was on people's minds. it was a hot day and there was a bunch of construction workers on a roof across the street, so i knocked on the door. a big, burly fellow came out. see those guys on that roof? i thought, here it comes. he said, do you realize how hot it is on that roof? do you realize how hard that work is they are doing? don't you think there should be a way we should figure out how to keep these folks in our country? that made my day. people that open their eyes and open their hearts realize these people are seeking a better life. they work very hard. they are essential to our economy and we just have to work our way through this. we are better than this toxic political standoff. i would hope our country could work it out. it is a major test, one of the toughest i

they are the ones making the request to the municipalities around additional social security costs, andan't take on their security mission by themselves. they need to work with law enforcement partners in mirps or throughout the officers. the request is reasonable that came in, but unfortunately there is no path way for repayment. >> so secret sheriffs do it's detail and nen any city they have their municipal police or law enforcement to help supplement, reinforce, and does the white house or an election campaign reimburse pay for the city? >> no, and there is no legal on apply indication, there is a responsibility that should be beared by any campaign because they are putting a significant burden on law enforcement for the city as a whole. just look at mobile law enforcement, the impact is twofold. it is operational and they are asking for hundreds of you know law enforcement officers to partake in a security plan, patrol officers or special services, to get involved in the security plan. all that does is draw away from their core responsibility of maintaining civil order and suppressi

also things like social security , that has completely transformed old age in this country. instead of having seniors in poverty, having a social security program that is well-funded, adequate and could grow and should grow in the future, that is something the government has done well and needs to do better in the future. host: one more quick call from karen who was calling from indiana. question and aa comment. why are we sticking with an antiquated system of tax, brackets toing tax decide how much tax will cost each individual? to get outent needs of the business of assessing people's wealth and then deciding to tax it or give and look at the system where they are taxing every dollar of income every incomees not mean taxing that is spent the year before. i am talking about every dollar that comes into a corporation, small business or individual household. will level and make just the system of taxes and have enough money to pay for the education system, which has now and will go toy the current private education system. our system in indiana is almost defunct. host: let's

someone stole her social security number. actually changed our address to a fake address.y wife had actually -- in lieu of taking social security, she waited and -- waited to because she was still working, decided to not take a social security check and wait till a few years later. so money was not coming in. so they decided to use the medicare part. my wife was actually paying for her medicare out of her pocket. >> dana: oh, jeez. >> so it all got screwed up. they tried to use the medicare account and it all got messed up. took her probably 20 meetings to get it cleared up, about a year, going to congress, getting washington d.c. involved. we finally got it cleared up but it was about a year of her spending hours, weeks, months on the phone. it was a heart ache. >> dana: and you have the resources and the wherewithal to be able to do that. joe, what would you tell anyone that is watching today if their parents are going through this or if near going through it themselves? should they call the aarp or the justice department? what do you want them to walk away with? >> you

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money over the next ten years then then this country will be spending on medicare, medicaid and social security combined. if a medicare for all program were to pass. during the debates was before and was asked time after time as she would pay for it and she ducked and dodged in six times they asked the question and she refused to answer at least bernie sanders was honest when he said if you are family making more than $29000 a year you will pay more in taxes under medicare for all. "the washington post" had a story to will the metaclass be hurt under medicare for all and will they pay more and what will happen there in the second sentence to that was also but warren and bernie sanders struggle to answer the question. they interviewed a professor from emory university in charge of healthcare and what he said was look this program medicare fraud was designed to be distractive and and to have winners and have losers be very disruptive and the cost for the american people for the middle class will be high. this is on top of the fact they will remove health insurance from 180 million americans who g