my third question is about social security disability. and i am aware of people really struggling. i wonder if you know what percentage of the population have chronic illnesses, chronic mental health illnesses, chronic physical illnesses, and are not able to work with social security disability. host: on the second question -- guest: on the second question, they're about 66 million beneficiaries and 9 million are disabled. whether that captures everyone who is disabled, but it certainly bears repeating that a fairly substantial number of beneficiaries of social security are not old age seniors. on the other question, these are great questions today. i am delighted by this question. i worked on transition during the 2000 2001 change of presidential administration and there i had the privilege of working on the transition for the social security administration. it was fascinating. social security administration is a unique animal among federal agencies and departments. i think there has always been an exceptional amount of esprit de corps an

throughout that history of social security, social security was a popular vehicle for legislation inlection years because lawmakers could say we will increase your benefits and they would do this on a nap hot basis. one of the reasons the automatic indexation was enacted in the 1970's is there was a marriage between left and right. the left said we do not want benefit growth to be held hostage to political circumstances, we want automatic benefit growth. he also had people on the right saying we are worried about these ad hoc benefit increases. >> we are going to leave "washington journal,"

social security.nd i would like to point out that republicans are proposing to sunset it after five years, and i think that's very dangerous, because it would just put everyone, the senior population, into total instability. i also receive medicaid and a housing voucher so these things are important to me. i have two master's degree and went through 10 years of underemployment and unemployment because the way the job market was, so i've been through a lot, and now i need these programs. i really appreciate them. i don't get that much, but it's enough for me to pay my bills, so i'm appreciative of social security. host: we will hear from jack, also feeling financially secure, in jacksonville, florida. go ahead. caller: yeah. where i live, i am very comfortable. i live in a senior citizen community in tallahassee and i'm thankful for what i have. i have a younger daughter that said she would help me whenever i needed help. i am in fairly good health, so i'm doing very well. i still drive an automobile a

social security.nd i would like to point out that republicans are proposing to sunset it after five years, and i think that's very dangerous, because it would just put everyone, the senior population, into total instability. i also receive medicaid and a housing voucher so these things are important to me. i have two master's degree and went through 10 years of underemployment and unemployment because the way the job market was, so i've been through a lot, and now i need these programs. i really appreciate them. i don't get that much, but it's enough for me to pay my bills, so i'm appreciative of social security. host: we will hear from jack, also feeling financially secure, in jacksonville, florida. go ahead. caller: yeah. where i live, i am very comfortable. i live in a senior citizen community in tallahassee and i'm thankful for what i have. i have a younger daughter that said she would help me whenever i needed help. i am in fairly good health, so i'm doing very well. i still drive an automobile a

not just social security and medicare. he wants to put veterans benefits and everything else on the same budget at risk. listen to this closely. republicans have made it clear if they win control of congress, they will shut down the government, refuse to pay our bills, and it will be the first time in our history we have cut social security and medicare. they are flat out saying that. in order to cut social security and medicare, they are threatening to default on debt. there is nothing that would create more chaos, more inflation than this. think about it. chaos, more inflation than this. think about it. republicans are determined to hold the economy hostage. if we get in on their demands about social security and medicare, republicans are going to crash the economy. i will not cut social security or medicare. i will never give in. it is outrageous. [applause] pres: biden: i know from experience in our last administration, even though i was asked to settle a similar deal with the last republican leader, we were able to su

not just social security and medicare.wants to put veterans benefits and everything in the budget at risk. let me close to this. over the last for years we placed some of the most difficult challenges. where making progress. we have a long way to go. we make progress in helping folks get more breathing room. despite the opposition from some of the most powerful special interests, we are lowering health care costs and strengthening medicare. you're fighting for folks who need our help. it is one of the reasons why i am optimistic about america's future. we have to remember who we are. this is the united states of america. [applause] not a joke. there has never been ad damn thing we can't do we set her mind to it. namely thunk we try to accomplish, then we did it together we have not been able to do it? there is nothing beyond our capacity. that is the truth. think about it. the american public, over the last five years, has begun to lose hope that it is in our power to do anything. we can. we got to stick together. i do not

the other thing was social security, for those that will be coming online to social security years downhe road, we need to transform, perhaps have a hybrid plan and eventually moved to a 401k style plan. it is a ponzi scheme at this time, big spending politicians have already spent all of the money there. there is nothing there. we need to turn it over to a personal retirement plans or you know the money that you invested still therefore you. dr. christiansen: i know how to protect social security. vote for me. these two guys will not protected. rick becker is called a pyramid scheme and senator hoeven is best friends with rick scott. people have played -- paid into this program during lifelong employment. john is super inconsistent. he said he holds the debt ceiling hostage when he is arguing with rick and when he wants to seem like a centrist he says he will protect social security, but that is not true. last october he was on board with holding the debt ceiling hostage so they could try to make some political move. the reality is there are over 100,000 social security recipients in n

i want to save social security. i want to save medicare. the greatest threat the -- to social security and medicare is the out-of-control deficit spending and are growing debt. we had a trillions of dollars of debt in the last three years. that is the greatest threat. that's what's also sparked inflation. 40 year high inflation. the dollar is worth 88.3 cents. the $100,000 he had at the beginning of the bite only worth $800,300. we need to prioritize social security and medicare. i never said i would cut it, put it on the chopping block. that is a false attack. >> you called it a ponzi scheme and you called it candy. >> lieutenant governor, this is his time. i'm going to add a little time to that once again,, you've proposed reviewing social security rather than having it be an entitlement, which means it goes on -- >> your putting words in my mouth. >> sir -- >> part of the reason we are in debt now is because we have an discretionary spending. we need to combine everything, look at all of it, and start prioritizin

mandela: thank you so much when nothing about social security ethnic about my grandparents -- social security i think about my grandparents who worked their entire lives and paid into the system and deserve to see the benefits they justly earned. when he talks about making social security discretionary spending that means he is becoming -- he is coming for your retirement. it is also a shame that instead of making sure the wealthy pay their fair share he rather give them tax deductions. -- continue to complain about the deficits, but had no problem adding $2 trillion to the deficit to appease his wealthy donors and himself. >> ok mr. johnson can be heard your name you have 30 seconds. >> want to cut or put social security on the chopping block. i said we have to look at all of soft -- government spending and start prioritizing, social security, medicare, defense spending would be at the top. we cannot spend 306 9 billion dollars on a green new deal energy and doggerel that will be corporate welfare, complete wasted, add to inflation come put at risk social security benefits as what th

it's the first time in a decade that the social security! gone down, and it's never been this dramatic in terms of the premium going down and the cola going up. so i can tell seniors is, they're gonna get ahead of inflation next year. they are gonna get their cola cover inflation, and they're gonna save money on the health care. and that's even before we get to the savings on prescription drugs. because we beat big pharma. and the first time the 30 years of trying, medicare will be able to negotiate the price of prescription drugs next year and bring us down. and a cap of seniors total out of pocket on prescription drugs, and hubcap of $35 a month on what they have to pay for insolent. so we have good news on the health care costs, ahead of cola, i think they will definitely be ahead of inflation next year for seniors. >> -- has a couple of proposals, one is to just completely and more social security and just make it a government program that the congress has to vote on to basically reauthorize, recreate every few years. what is the democra

and he says social security -- does not vote to keep it it goes away. you know the games you can play in congress with everything from dealing with the 60 votes in the senate and so on. -- you must put everything on the budget. veterans benefits. we have to come up every single year. it is not just this morning, i saw there was a report and as i say, as my grandkids say, google it. but the report that came out cnn and says republicans call in infrastructure socialism and then they ask for the money and it goes through all the republicans who must -- call it socialism and how they are asking -- -- he's written three separate letters to the administration asking for objects in his district -- voted against he said it is all socialism and kentucky representative -- the biggest socialist agenda three different projects he wants. with safety and growth in his district. rand paul. we can go down the list. get up. socialism. -- who knew that made socialist republicans area think about it. i am serious. let's get serious about taking care of ordinary regular pe

mandela: thank you so much when nothing about social security ethnic about my grandparents -- social security i think about my grandparents who worked their entire lives and paid into the system and deserve to see the benefits they justly earned. when he talks about making social security discretionary spending that means he is becoming -- he is coming for your retirement. it is also a shame that instead of making sure the wealthy pay their fair share he rather give them tax deductions. -- continue to complain about the deficits, but had no problem adding $2 trillion to the deficit to appease his wealthy donors and himself. >> ok mr. johnson can be heard your name you have 30 seconds. >> i never said i want to cut or put social security on the chopping block. i said we have to look at all of soft -- government spending and start prioritizing, social security, medicare, defense spending would be at the top. we cannot spend 306 9 billion dollars on a green new deal energy and doggerel that will be corporate welfare, complete wasted, add to inflation come put at risk social security bene

it is not just social security. they wanted better of her and -- they wanted veterans benefits as entitlements. these are not entitlements. my job is to legislate for people. if we cannot agree that seniors who have paid into this program should be able to pull from it as part of their retirement that people have planned where they are going to live and how they are going to live in retirement based on their social security, i'm going to protect social security. kevin mccarthy just this week is already kind of sounding the alarm that he is going to hold the debt ceiling hostage order to negotiate a vote, or force a vote on social security. so, while i represent the fifth congressional district and my concerns are local, my job is to weigh in for the people of this district on national concerns. so, you cannot ignore what is happening nationally. social security is in jeopardy. have already indicated that the program will end. we are trying to lower the cost of prescription drugs, trying to make things more affordabl

>> yeah, lawrence, republicans have three ideas about social security. them horrible, horriblist, horribler, and horrible lest. horrible is ron johnson's idea, the government of fun social security every single year and let's govern on it. horrible er -- , got abolished social security every five years and scratch from scratch every five years. lord knows what that will look like. and horrible est is the idea that came from leader mccarthy this week. with other house republican saying that they will essentially crash the u.s. economy in 2023, put the economy to what they call default, and have the government not be able to pay its bills unless the white house agrees to cut social security, cut medicare, raise the retirement age, other cuts in this program, which the president is never going to agree to. so those are three horrible ideas! we will see from republicans on capitol hill, if they -- you know take the majority next year. >> so just before you go, let's get this straight, it next year we are in a debt ceiling crisis where the republicans refuse

they rely on social security. you worked your entire life for social security, you deserve it.et me tell you what has been done to social security, inflation has ran at over 8% because of joe biden, nancy pelosi and match voting with them. they are killing our senior citizens. i had a senior citizen call me last week, home heating was full -- that cost them $1200 to fill their tank that is because of the biden-cartwright inflation. let me tell you how i think we should protect social security. no benefit cuts. no raising the retirement age. number three, economic growth. we are about to enter a recession. this recession is caused by the biden-pelosi inflation. you all know it. we have seen the economy slow and the stock market killed. your 401(k) is probably through the floor. we need progrowth economic policy. that is stopping the war on oil, allowing pennsylvania to power the whole eastern seaboard. if we can get our economy moving again, we will bring back the economic growth we had the last four years before his best friend joe biden destroyed our economy. i will always fig

cover social security and unemployment benefits. so who prime minister michelle ra car, a socialist created a new tax? the c s g? this is very clear armina. forget holland is so. so celsius g was introduced in 1992 and as a type of income tax is proportional and non progressive, the tax rate remains the same regardless of income level. it is a tax id, i think it is, but it goes into the coffers of the social security system and not into the state covers be blotted to you if the school is own reorganize, so to speak, in order to be able to finance an ever larger part of social security through tactile a situation and not only through social security contribution, it's all about equity. that's also, sir, meant that the financing of social security was moving away from the model that had been in place since the 2nd world war 5 years later as you pay plan was intended to push this change even further. we love was it the like? was it? yes, france is at a crossroads. love? yes. france to day has only the choice between change who decline

we all pay into social security. we all anticipate that for our retirement, our parents and grandparents retirement. it's not what the american people want so why would we send someone to washington his going to jump on a plan who wants to undermine every program that supports the american people and working families and retirees who you care for in your geriatric practice. what do you tell them when you want to sign onto a plan that's going to end their social security? ms. kiggans: i believe the question was about the deficit clock and if you log on to that it keeps going and going. this is a deficit that our kids inherit. we have to stop the spending, restore strength by stopping the wasteful spending. 1.5 million for build back better. the total yesterday was closed at $5 trillion. -- close to $5 trillion. want to address what is really important to me which is social security and medicare since my opponent brought it up. we cannot touch the benefits for people receiving or near to receiving social security nor m

the reliance social security. you work your entire life or social security. you deserve it. we will not let anyone touch it. let me tell you what has been done to social security. inflation has ran at a percent because of joe biden, nancy pelosi and my opponent voting with them 100%. they're killing senior citizens. i had a senior citizen call me, a home heating was 579 a gallon. it cost him 12 -- $5.79 a gallon. that is because of the biting regulation. i would tell you how to -- no benefit cuts. no raising the retirement age. number three, and you do the only way, economic growth. we are about to enter recession. this is caused by president biden's administration. you know it, you seen it. we are seeing the economy slow down. we see the stock market get killed. your 401(k)s are through the floor. mine is. we need progrowth economic policies. that stopping the war on oil and gas. that is allowing pennsylvania to power the whole eastern seaboard. if we can get our economy moving, we will bring back the economic growth we had, the last four years before his best friend came a

social security as far as chuck grassley is concerned as part of the social fabric of america. and it has been that way since 1936. and it is going to be preserved. and it needs to be worked on right now. working on it right now relies on a bipartisan group of people like a group did the last time it was in trouble. and it was fixed until right now. it is in trouble now. the surplus is working down. it's got to be preserved for our children and grandchildren. after you preserve it for your children and grandchildren, you've got to make sure that while you are doing that, whatever congress does, you can't make any changes for people that are in retirement or near retirement. those are basic principles. in order to get this solved, it is going to have to be like ronald reagan and tip o'neill did, they got together and said, we may not agree on anything else, but we've got to save social security and work to save social security with the same process again to get it done. >> one of your fellow republicans, senator rick scott of florida, has proposed congress should vote to reautho

some of your parents are on social security. some of your grandparents are on social security.ou know why they have social security, because they worked for it. they had long hours and sore backs and bad knees to get that social security and if ron johnson does not understand that, if he understands giving tax breaks for private planes, more than he understands making sure that seniors who have worked all their lives are able to retire with dignity and respect, he's not the person who is thinking about you and knows you and sees you and he should not be your senator from wisconsin. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: for republicans former president donald trump is on the trail. hitting four states this week including two battlegrounds. >> they're crushing your oil and gas job, imposing massive taxes and restrictions on the american energy production and population. they're destroying your jobs and destroying our country. >> reporter: david, late they are week both former presidents will be campaigning in pennsylvania for a senate race that is razor tight. fivethirtyeight has

social security is one of those promises. people work their entire adult life paying into social security and we need to make sure that we are managing the program in an effective way. this is one of those areas where i like the idea of getting more people into the workforce. it is why i support our small business computer needed. -- small business community. i am concerned because my opponent supports a legislative policy that would decimate social security and medicare. >> once again, very deceptive in your comments. i have made clear comments on how we bring more people into this country through the immigration process legally to be a part of our workforce. the only comment i have heard from you on what the solution is is that we have to have get another czar over social security which just tells me that congress and leaders like you want to kick the can down the road. >> sharice davids, you get the last word. >> thank you. i am sorry i was just laughing. i want to say something serious. my opponent, she keeps using this w

that comes out of your social security check if you are taking social security. >> yes, so medicare is taken out of your social security check. last year there was a big increase in the premium with the expectation the drug would be up for -- and that would be a big expense for medicare. reporter: it will go down compared to last year. >> that is right. >> non-seniors get theenefit, too. right? >> if they are survivors or children, they get benefits, they would receive the cola. reporter: so who does not benefit? >> i don't think there are folks who will not benefit. it is a question of the extent of the benefit. reporter: for renters, as jennifer belinsky. >> they have less control over their rent and that has been rising. it will chip away at that rise in rent. will it solve their housing problems? no. reporter: how does this affect renters? renters tend to have lower incomes and social security makes up a bigger share of their income. nationally last year, asking rents were up 11.6% from the first quarter of 2021 to 2022. some places, particularly areas of the west, prices rose 20%

social security is a unique animal in the federal government. it is financed by a payroll tax, it is financed yet separate trust funds. it is not merged in with the general budget. because of that, people on social security have enjoyed a unique level of security and liability in their benefits that you don't see in so-called welfare programs. whenever you see a program that is advanced from the general fund, he if the interest of beneficiaries on the one hand and income taxpayers on the other hand. you have frequent relitigation's of eligibility rules, all of that. social security has escaped that, but only because of this idea that workers had earned their benefits via the money they pay into the trust funds. that sort of system requires us to be willing to balance programs and benefit schedules and payroll tax collections. if we are not willing to do that , and of late, lawmakers have not been willing to do that, then we have to have a different financial structure. that will be one where benefits will be much more changeable from year-to-yea

will the bump in social security benefits be enough?onsin for a close look at a critical senate race that could determine control of congress. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs "newshour" from dub you eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism. host: a florida jury has recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole rather than the death penalty for the gunmen behind the parkland school shooting. 17 people were killed in 2018. john yang has our report. reporter: the seven men and five women on the jury unanimously agreed that the massacre was premeditated and especially heinous, atrocious, or grow. the jury foreman told a miami tv station that three jurors said the aggravating factors did not outweigh the mitigating factors. the families of those killed shall their heads in disbelief. the father of a 14-year-old expressed his anguish. >> my beautiful gina -- the other sons and daughters, spouses and fathers, they were the victims here. our justice system should have been used t

there is a german model and based on social security contributions. and there is a british model which is based on tax stations and also the protection social. but when it's funded by social security contributions, like bismark, the original model, so keep a, it is reserved for those pain contributions and their beneficiaries as that the land as a model very focused on wage earner. so in theory, access to it is not universal. it's not for the whole population i love going with, whereas the british model, funded by taxation, is open to and the benefits the entire population who level progress are building on the achievements of the phone popular the french national council. the resistance introduced social security. the year was 1945 and the counsel which directed and coordinated the french resistance had to face the reality of the postwar economy. new social groups emerged dividing the population into salaried employees, small farmers, and the self employed. in, in germany, the economic situation was even worse. the stretches bankruptcy haunted people

cover social security and unemployment benefits. so prime minister michelle ra car, a socialist created a new tax. the c s g. this is really clean of socket hollands itself. so celsius g was introduced in 1993 and as a type of income tax is proportional. a non progressive the tax rate remains the same regardless of income level. it is a tax id, i think of it, but it goes into the coffers of the social security system and not into the state covers be brought to the to you if the school is own reorganized, so to speak, in order to be able to finance an ever larger part of social security through tax the situation and not only through social security contribution example, equities as also sir. it's meant that the financing, the social security was moving away from the model that had been in place since the 2nd world war. 5 years later, as you pay plan was intended to push this change even further. we love was it the like? was it? yes. fraud is at a crossroads. love. yes. france to day has only the choice between change who decline bigl

young: my mom is on social security. i represent countless hoosier seniors who are on social security. this program is essential. we dishonor those seniors if we don't keep our promises to them about the number of benefits that they have been promised over the years. this program must be saved. right now, it is insolvent. any auditor will tell you. we need to come together in a bipartisan way, come together and fix this, save social security. what i am hearing mostly from seniors right now, it is not about social security -- they still have a few years before that. i am hearing about inflation. it is the cruelest form of tax. it disproportionately hurts people of modest means and those of fixed incomes. it hurts our senior citizens. stop the inflation. this whole adjustment is piddly compared to the consumption means of hoosier seniors. host: i will tell our candidates that we will refrain from rebutting in order to get their questions for the next two minute. do you believe there is a growing white supremacist movement

he says social security and medicare should be on the chopping block every year. if congress does not vote to keep it, it goes away. you know the games played in congress. everything from in dealing with the 60 votes in the senate and so on. it's not just social security and medicare. they want to do that everything on the federal budget. veterans benefits. we have to come up everything go here. -- every single year. this morning i saw a report. as my grandkids say, google it. bud, the report came out, from cnn, it says, republican call the biden infrastructure program socialism. then they ask for the money. it goes through all of the most conservative republicans that call is socialism. a guy named paul goss or has written three separate letters to the administration asking for projects in his district. he says it enhances the quality of life. he voted against it and said it is all socialism. kentucky representative andy barr, the biggest socialist agenda, three different projects he wants. citing the importance of safety and growth in his district. rand paul. do

i want to save social security. i want to save medicare. the greatest threat to social security and medicare is the out-of-control deficit spending in our debt. we added $7.5 trillion of new deficit over the last three years. that is the greatest threat. that sparked inflation. 40 or high inflation. the dollar you held at the start is only worth 88.3 cents. if you are a senior, fortunate to have a nest egg. with a hundred thousand dollars you had at the start is only worth $88,300 because of the out-of-control deficit spending. i said we should be looking at all spending so we can prioritize and social security, medicare will be at the top yard i never said i would cut it or put it on the chopping block. that is a false attack. >> you called her to ponzi scheme and candy. >> lieutenant governor this is his time. i will add time to that. you proposed reviewing social security rather than having it being called an entitlement. senator johnson: you are putting words in your mouth. part of the reason $31 trillion in debt as we suffer mandatory