so social security, hugely important. social security is facing a funding shortfall. it has been for many years and successive administrations have not seized the opportunity to make the changes that would be needed to close the shortfall. so what does that mean? i think a lot of people, you know, there's this sort of story of like, oh, you know, social security is going broke. that's actually not correct. what the situation is, is that social security's is it's called a pay as go program. that is the people who are working now are paying into the program with their social security taxes and that revenue is going out to the people who are receiving benefits. now. so as the population has aged. there are fewer people of working age paying into the system for the number of people who are retired and taking benefits at older ages. and so over the years as a trust fund was built up of the surplus us contributions for years has that has been drawn on in order to pay benefits that are owed to retired workers. and if congress does nothing in the you know early to mid 2030s t

and another thing about social security. they say it's going to be defunded. how is that? people are dying and their money is left behind to explain what do you will do with that money? host: let's start with what's been said about what republicans want to do with social security versus how it's currently fashioned? guest: it's an excellent question. we think about social security reform and it's an important thing we discussed, the solvency crisis. given current inflationary concerns, the fact that each year the trustees of the social security and medicare programs really sit down and calculate what the future of the solvency of the trust funds look like. it's important we do talk about reform. whether or not is thinking about changes to the payroll tax rate or making sure that benefits are better targeted to lower and moderate income households so higher income households are not receiving social security benefits that they frankly might not need given their financial security. similarly, thinking about marginal changes to the retirement age. these things are all options

and where will the social security fund take them, this money will be used for misinsurance payments.mple, if a working woman went on maternity leave. this is an insured event for the fund. the employer paid 6% of the amount of earnings to the social security fund in order to guarantee the payment of the decree, but unemployed young mothers in belarus receive the same maternity leave as working women. although no one contributed anything to the fund for them, the second example is elderly people who have not worked anywhere for years, their state also does not quit when they reach 65 years old. they receive a social pension. it is lower than labor, but it exists and pays it regularly, and non-working mothers and pensioners without work experience receive payments from the social tax, but the fund takes money for them not from contributions. and from the budget, that is, their content is compensated by the state, because the amount of spending by the federal law comes out more than the amount of contributions. why is this state? because our country is not for the head of business, but

but i'm not worried about social security for myself. i think what ron is trying to do, ron johnson looking at him, he is trying to protect it for future generations here and i do not think he will take anything with him at the moment, that is the way i understand it. i understand social security [indiscernible] i think it will be insolvent by that time. i'm worried about future people but not myself. i'm leaning toward ron johnson at this point. host: professor burden, the social security is an issue in wisconsin and in past elections. guest: it is a bigger issue in this election than previous ones because ron johnson's statements on social security are being used by mandela barnes against him. johnson got into politics because of his concern about fiscal issues back in 2010 as the chief party wave, he dumped -- jumped into electoral politics, someone that has never been on the scene in republican party or stay wide politics, concerned about the expense of obamacare, the size of the deficit and debt, and entitlements like social securit

you heard rick scott denying he ever called to cut social security. senator ron johnson of wisconsin said the same. listen. >> democrats are as divorced from reality as they are from the truth. they try out the same old lies, the republicans want to end social security, we want to put it on the chopping block. nothing could be further from the truth. we want to save social security. >> sandra: why is this not enough, in addition to the fact that "washington post" gives it four pinocchios, the claim that republicans want to do away with it. >> all the fact check people do. and fact check.org says specifically there is no proposal to bar retirees who have a pension and ira or a 401(k) from collecting social media benefits in either the commitment to america, the thing that came out a couple weeks ago, or the rsc proposed budget. that was senator scott's thing. it's total disinformation. the fact the president is spreading disinformation based on a fabricated screen shot, folks should know in the sort of dirty tricks that happen in political seasons, the

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

social security.e of them like -- utah actually eliminating it. repealing it. getting rid of it. having absolutely no social security program. what do you say to the voters in your district about the future of social security? >> you know, i say when i say on the campaign trail every day. social security and medicare are on the ballot in this election. all i've heard from republicans nationwide are attacks on the economy. there's no solutions other than cutting social security and medicare. from my constituents, those are benefits that they've earned and worked for. i'm gonna do everything i can to preserve those programs. >> -- 13th congressional district, right? and north carolina? >> that's right. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, republican senator mike lee is on video, saying he wants to get rid of social security up route it. independent senator candidate -- utah's democratic party is running to uproot mike lee from the senate, and he will join

through the social security fund, abbreviated as fs zn. this a division of the ministry of labor and social protection that collects data and distributes money for pensions and benefits for belarusians. some people imagine this structure as a bank with money, but the bank is for storing information about money and the people to whom they need to be paid, but for money it is more of a transit point, by the way, through the efz you can restore data on all places of work and earnings of a person , even if he lost or spoiled the work book, the period from 2003 is available to specialists. it was then that belarus began keep personal records of working citizens. to calculate pensions in our country , they use the concept of work and insurance experience work experience - this is the period when you actually worked insurance experience - this is the period of work when deductions from the workplace arrived for you. did you send them yourself, as an individual entrepreneur, or did the accountant of your organization do it, it doesn’t matter to rec

they say republicans are going to cut medicare and social security. it whether you be put out a plan or not. i do believe when you run for office you ought to tell people what you're going to do. i'm a business guy. i raised money when i was running businesses. nobody gave me money and said i don't know how i'm going to spend it, just give me the money. if you want somebody's vote you should tell them what we're going to do do. we need to be he specific, how are we going to preserve medicare and social security. we have to talk about it. what's happening right now, it's going away and nobody wants to talk about it. i mean, medicare is going bankrupt in four years, social security -- dagen: in six. it's 2028. the hospital trust fund is depleted in 2028 and benefits are automatically cut rough hi 10% at that point. that's the new report. maria: you haven't heard them talk about the fact that -- >> we don't know. look at with the inflation that we're seeing right now, everything's going to get -- we're going to have problems faster. inflation is really c

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

i'm to save social security for future generations.y -- this program is not going to exist for them. i want to look for sustainable retirement solutions. all options on the table. i will continue to ignore the problem like mike bonin. -- my opponent. i will look at all solutions to protect those benefits for our return -- retirees and ensuring they remain for future generations. >> congressman. this social security board of trustees says reserves are projected become exhausted 2000 37. tax revenue is expected to only be enough to pay 76% of benefits. benefits would either need to go down, payroll tax goes up or a combination. mr. pappas: thanks to wmu are, thank you caroline for being here. this is an important issue. i was talking to a retiree who is begging me to stop this plan to privatize social security. her name was brenda and her husband passed away 10 years ago. she relies on social security for her retirement this is part of the american bargain. people paid into social security, and they should note it will be there when they

that means they have to rely more on social security. ms.evitt, you said you're interested in privatizing social security. not for people who have paid into the system but for the future. what would that look like and how would you insulate it from market downturns? ms. leavitt: i pledge to protect social security for all those receiving their benefits and every american who is paying into the system. however, i want to save social security for future generations of americans. elementary school americans, my nephews, the truth is this program will not exist for them. i want to look for sustainable retirement solutions. all options on the table. i will continue to ignore the problem like my opponent. like chris pappas and the career politicians in d.c.. i will look at all solutions to protect those benefits for our retirees and ensuring they remain for future generations. >> congressman pappas, the social security board of trustees says reserves are projected become exhausted 2000 -- 2037. tax revenue is expected to only be enough to pay 76%

can you talk about social security?that social security and medicare should not be entitlement programs because it cannot be sustained. he argues he wants to save these programs and the only way to do it is to control other spending and create a way to fund these programs other than having them be entitlements. there is -- this is another issue mandela barnes tried to capitalize on an president biden also talked about his mention of senator johnson by name on this topic not here in wisconsin but in washington. the democrats cast it as johnson wanting to put social security and medicare on the chopping block. senator johnson said that is not his intention, his intention is to save the programs but in order to do that, he says you have to control other government spending so that is kind of the issue. host: santa fe, new mexico, john, you are next. caller: yes. yesterday, i came home and i went to school in wisconsin and it was really around there to get a feel of the politics back when the vietnam era was going on and i

why is eliminating social security there go to? the promise to those who have paid into this. i started working at 14 years old i have paid in quite a long time i don't know why they keep looking at social security as an easy target it will upset a great number of americans. >> what is the plan or the action quick. >> we are presenting social security guarantee and capitol hill we are also warning congress of the impending budget the plan is very simple the three components it guarantees an increase of benefits from beneficiaries it solves the insolvency of the trust fund and includes a savings component to allow all wage earners to save more money for retirement. tammy: they can learn more about this online that now that you have the republican house perhaps it will be easier to be heard thank you for joining us tonight americans may not realize this everybody can join it is about all of us who have been paying all of our lives. great work my name is ashley cortez and i'm the founder of the stay beautiful foundation when i started

you go for the other end, social security, medicare. minority leader kevin mccarthy on just a few days ago told me they can tout that and then they can do exactly what you described. they can watch what they do rather than what the opponents are saying. >> donald trump is doing a lot of rallies, too. barack obama is great at one thing, losing seats. no one lost more democratic seats than barack obama. everyone knows he is a great communicator and can get a crowd. the message doesn't resonate. >> harris: i have to let you go to get back on the air on fox radio. >> we're on together. >> harris: it's fun always. see you in the hallways of the library here. president biden once again saying the u.s. has the lowest inflation rate of any other major country in the world. hum. well, really? we'll fact check it. plus democrats repeating the claim republicans want to end social security and medicare. brian and i were just talking about it. not true. that's a faulkner fact check that's pretty easy. the president now delivering some last-minute go

folks, she is fighting for seniors to protect social security and medicare. life on the line to serve and protect the people of this state. when it comes to public safety she knows what it takes. imagine chief demings and a seat on the senate. i can hardly wait. they ain't seen nothing yet. [applause] oh man, you got a heck of a delegation. we need to elect charlie and val and elect democrats up and down the ballots including outstanding members of congress. if we do that, florida will not be only a better place, so will america be. [laughter] -- [applause] that is why we are all here. seven days until the most important election in our lifetime. you heard me say it before, we are asked and inflection point in history. so much has changed in america and around the world but it's the decisions we make, the decisions you make, over the next 2-3 years will determine the fate of this country. not for the next decade or two decades. there is a lot at stake. push the paper down, i am not coming and getting it. she wants to send me a letter here. let's be clear. thi

social security will be saved. social security will continue to be available.ve paid into it. there's no reason it shouldn't. but americans should be very concerned about the trillions of wasteful spending, not just billions but trillions that the biden administration has done and the biden democrats in the house which need to go because that has put all of our economy and our reserves for social security on tilt. but it will continue to be maintained. maria: we were just talking about the pennsylvania race. let me get your take on dr. oz and john fetterman. there's a lot of attention on the senate race after the debate, morning call polling has the race in a virtual tie with fetterman actually holding a slim 1 point lead. what are the issues in terms of the pennsylvania voter today and do you think that this poll is right, that it's so tight? >> well, i don't, actually. i think there's a lot of voters that simply are not part of the poll. that could amount to 3 or 4 points. we'll see that on election day. nevertheless, the mail-in ballots and all which tend to

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do arizona voters understand what the republican plans for social security?. my opponent, blake masters, he said on the debate stage that he wants to privatized social security, not too long ago. he said he wants to cut the not, and that's not good for seniors. he wants to send their hard earned benefits to wall street. and on the tax issue mentioned, he says he wants to double down on donald trump's 1.9 trillion dollar tax cut, to the biggest corporations, and the wealthiest americans. that's his economic, plan those two things. he also said he wouldn't ever stand up to big pharma, he didn't say like that, but he said the legislation that we got across the finish line, that i negotiated, within our caucus, he said he wouldn't support that. and he would allow seniors to continue paying more for the prescription drugs. so he's not on the side of arizonans, especially arizona seniors. >> let's listen to what president obama said in arizona, about the crime issue. >> who will fight to keep you in your family safe? is the republicans who want to flood our streets

but is it really your intention to cut social security?o different, we don't cut the military, don't shut down the military, we fund that every year and also in the plan, very specific. i said we need to start telling the public how we are going to fix medicare and social security. i won't and i don't know one republicans that would reduce the benefits of social security and medicare but what i know. when joe biden was in the senate he proposed cutting social security and medicare. in september, every democrat in the house and the senate voted and passed a bill to cut $280 billion out of medicare, biden signed it, $280 billion, and guess what. biden, after he was vice president, set up his apparatus so he got a loophole and did not pay his medicare taxes. so it's pretty cute, you know, what he's saying. but -- >> john: you have a new ad you point that out. that was looked at in 2020, fact checkers looked and said well, didn't know if it was an overly aggressive tax strategy. >> he's trying to change it now, though. >> john: or what everybo

they want to cut social security and medicare.etermined, but that always comes up at every opportunity. so you have to assume that if they have enough leverage, they win enough seats they'll try and do it again. >> okay. let's turn to rising prices and inflation, something that everybody's dealing with, here and in other countries. your answer to why in the main this is happening in america, and when republicans say reducing government steppeding or their other preexisting policies will naturally bring down prices, your analysis of that as people do decide what to do tomorrow. >> it is really important to understand that a large part of the inflation that we're seeing is not a u.s. thing. inflation is actually slightly higher in europe than it is in the united states. now, there are special reasons. they're more dependent on russian natural gas. or were more dependent. the part that hurts, price increases running ahead of wages are determined by global energy prices, things outside any president. it's largely a global issue, but s

social security is something that is one of those promises. people work their entire adult lives paying into social security. we need to make sure that we are managing the social security program in an effective way. this is one of the areas where i like the idea of getting more people into the workforce. it is why i support our small this is committees as a backbone of our economy -- communities as the backbone of our economy and the reason we have the kind of job growth we have. i am concerned because my opponent again supports -- go to her website she supports a website -- legislate a policy that would devastate so security -- social security. amanda: i have made very clear comments about how to bring more people into this country through the immigration process legally. i have a whole plan to bring more women back into the workforce. it is interesting, the only comment i've heard on your solution is that we need to have another czar over social security. it tells me and the people in the third congressional district that congress, leaders

elizabeth: homeland security was created to combat terrorism. but now about socialwithdraw from afghanistan why is it on the list. >> i think you are right. this is all about politics, basically dhs was created to secure americans against terrorism and unfortunately it is being used as a tool against at own citizen to monitor speech, democrats know if they can control information that people see, they can stay in power, this is about democrats trying to retain power. elizabeth: there has been a lot of disinformation from the president himself. >> i went to law school on a full academic scholarship, only one in my class, ended up in top half of my class, i graduated with 3 degrees. >> he did not graduate in top half of his law school class, and does not have 3 degrees, he went to school on a half scholarship, ended up at bottom of his class. >> success of this mission was due to the skill, bravely and selfless courage of u.s. military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals, i say this as a father of man who won bronze star and lost his life in iraq. i was s

another thing, if the republican party is set on doing away with social security.er people need to let someone know it would be a different world here. host: let's hear from michael from pennsylvania on the independent line. caller: hi, how are you. i don't understand why people don't see they need laws against making a promissory note. they locked up made offer that. they did the same thing with the dollar. we are conned into being slaves to ourselves because we are the workers. we gather pack, ship and rebuy. they are failing at making money for our business, u.s. business. host: who is day? caller: the red and the blue.

they are literally coming after social security and medicare.look, i know the only thing you younger people in here, thank god there's so many of you. i know the thing you know is from the time you're 16 you had money taken out to paper so security. but guess what? there is somebody out there busting their neck who just lost their husband or the wife, you're 66, 68 years old, and they want to take away your medicare and your social security. now you think i'm exaggerating, front page of the new york times talked about, only show you. there is a guy out there they tell me what they're gonna do. they are saying it straight out loud. at least they are we can give them credit for that. look, here's what they want to do. they there is a guy named senator rick scott of florida. who is in charge of electing the republicans in the senate. he is that guy pushing oz. okay. well, let me show you. a read from, they listed in a program all of their proposals. it's too small to be a little read. i just circled the one that brought it out here, and i'm gonna q

some of your parents are on social security. some of your grandparents are on social security.ou know why they have social for it. beuseyord 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 jobs, imposing massive taxes and restrictions on the american energy production and population. they're destroying your jobs and destroying our country. >> reporter: and, david, later this week both former presidents will be campaigning in pennsylvania for a senate race that is razor tight. fivethirtyeight has been tracking it

now, what i have an issue with his at an american taxpayer who pays into social security, and most of us do, and social service programs, is that congress wants to subsidize the railroad workers in order to keep them working with american taxpayer dollars. i think -- but they have to do an act for railroad or tyrant program, which was established in 1937, something they are about, they need to get rid of that, and every worker has to pay into social security and fica, taxes taken out of that paycheck. why should i go bail out amtrak and other private institutions with american taxpayer dollars who with workers who do not pay into that system? >> lsu, you have family members in the rail industry? how much do you know about the retirement program? >> during an academic program, i elected to do a report on the railroads. and i learned about it. if you want to learn about it, just go look at the railroad retirement program for its workers. so, they are not being honest with the american people. you have to move all those workers into social security, like everybody else, otherwise we are

pelosi: one place they are targeting is social security.saying we will put social security and medicare out there and use the debt ceiling as our leverage. and so we will be there for social security and medicare. the american people have to know that is at stake in this election. our challenge is we are not fear mongers. we are hope purveyors. you don't want to scare people but you have to let them know what is at stake in the election. and they have been very clear, they are going to use the debt ceiling vote as a way to cut cial security -- they call them entitments and we call them insurance programs people have paid into. judy: if democrats are in the minority, how can they stop it? rep. pelosi: we intend to win. we have an election determined by the american people. it is a day where this entity of the vote is revered, where people vote and we have to respect the results of that. but again, whatever the outcome, we will respect that. judy: a lot of detention -- of attention has been devoted over the last year to january 6, public hear

parents are on social security? some of your grandparents are o social security. you know why they have that? they worked for it. they worked hard jobs for a. they had chapped hands for it. they had long hours in sore backs, and bad needs. >> that social security. and if ron johnson doesn't understand that, if he understands giving tax breaks for private planes more than yo does that make ensure that seniors who have worked all their lives are able to retire with dignity and respect, he is not the person that is thinking about you. >> 's sore knees, bad backs, working your whole life, i wonder how the same people are feeling now that the average american household is paying $7,200 on average because of jo biden inflation. it is anybody in the media goin to ask the anointed one that question? mandela burns has the pro democrat agenda he's also glorified violent rioting and the summer of 2020. he's a rubberstamp of the biden agent. here is i hope people might remind people the heritage foundation pointed out the avera

i have noticed the democrats are using social security and medicare and with this information, they areaying that republicans want to end social security and they want to end medicare and that is a falsehood. the washington post reported that it is a pinocchio. rick scott said he wants to look into different proposals but not to end it. could you remark on this? guest: the issues of social security and medicare will be important in states like arizona where we have a older population, and these are issues that resonate and what we have seen is that republicans are losing a little bit of stronghold over older voters. in 2020, we saw voters over the age of 65 voting for the democratic party at the highest rates that we have seen. the democrats are trying to appeal to older voters.

what is the social security fund?ery belarusian starts a career deducts part of their income there so that pensions are paid in the country on time maternity disability benefits a practice that many states use, but not everywhere the fund is replenished on time in full and without delay in belarus to the social security budget in terms of income and their growth rates compared to the period of last year from january september was 112%. in money. this is 16 billion rubles. therefore, in general , there are no fundamental questions on the structure, the only one. how to improve the work at the meeting discussed the details. nato is it for us improving the structure of e social security fund and those who frankly hmm pays appoints e, pension benefits and so on. i know that the fund seems to be working quite well this year, even with some profit. but why should we accumulate this money to fold the egg, especially now, so he signed a decree already on an increase. uh, at least a little, but pensions to our pensioners from

his people a clear understanding of the topic, this is the most important in terms of ensuring social securityhence the approach the most balanced social guarantee today is the number one issue the most important direction and news we will discuss it with the minister of labor and social protection irina kostishevich. we are in a call center. defense fund, we see. we are busy now . this is where people ask their own questions. let's start with the good news, the increase in pensions from december, there are two questions at once, who will receive them. can all pensioners count on this increase and how much their income will increase. so , a decree of the head of state was adopted from december 1, labor pensions are increased by 5%, and this is our third increase this year. the first step we made from march 1 by 7%, the second step from august 1 by 10%. and this is the third increase. and on average , somewhere in december, we estimate the average old-age pension will be 670 rubles. and by december last year. this is an increase of 23%. if we evaluate this growth by 23%, this is how much it is