c-span and social media, connect today. a discussion now on the role social media has played in the arab political uprisings in the middle east and how media such as facebook and twitter can be used as political organizing tools here in the u.s. speakers include gillian york and comedian and blotter. it is about an hour. >> we have limited time so we would like to get the panel started. please have a seat. please have a seat, everybody. before restart, i want to get a quick show of hands. how many of you here have a twitter account that they use? we are trying to get the hash tag belling it -- going if you want to have a discussion on twitter. it is not necessary to turn off your cell phones. how many people here have a facebook account that they use? mom, you have a facebook account. we have a little power point thing to come up. i don't know if it will be coming up, but it was an essential part of our discussion about social networking and media. before i get started with that, i want to introduce the speakers today. on m

while social security, one of my responsibilities is to say the secretary to the social security board of trustees. the trustees consists of six members. the secretary of the treasury, labor, hhs and commissioner social security along with those for our two public trustees nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. unfortunately over the career switch over to the trusty reporters, we didn't have the benefit of the trustees. those positions were vacant. an unfortunate circumstance i'm glad it's been wrecked beside a confirmation of charles bob wallace and robert reischauer. before he introduced a series blahous and reischauer, 50 million americans rely on social security for a dignified and secure retirement and about 47 and leaving americans with in 2010. approximately 150 million people are payroll taxes. these programs are just for the old. spouses, spouses of deceased workers and children and social security is also disability insurance program. i thought the trustees of social security and medicare released their annual update on the financial status and health of thes

social security, i live off of social security because i am a disabled vet. i had to do that because of my back. because of social security, it is ludicrous. host: we are going to leave it there. did you, iowa, and next call comes from brian. -- dubuque, iowa, next call comes from brian. caller: i wanted to say that i like the show. and the person who called in about social security disabilities, he claims he can tell at the grocery store are completely capable of working -- i wanted to say that that is a falsehood. there are a lot of people out there struggling, a lot of people have mental illnesses, and there are a lot of people -- a lot of things that people are struggling with. it is not good to label anyone any particular thing. host: this is from the "wall street journal." the justice department expected that out the head -- ousting the head of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. c-span has covered two hearings in the past week that have to do with operation fast and furious. if you want more information about those hearings, go to our website, c

ideas in social theory. and in one of his writings because he discuss the theory in the political conventions in war, detailed and in the constitutional liberty. to discuss this book, we're privileged to have three people familiar with hayek's work, professor bruce caldwell, george soros, and professor epstein. our first speaker is bruce caldwell. he's the general editor of hayek's collected work of which the new edition is the latest volume published. caldwell himself has edited four of the books in the series. among the new editions the "the road to surf -- serfdom" and the autobiography. all of us that appreciate the contributions of the economic and social sciences are in debt to professor caldwell of undertaking the edited works. >> thank you for that kind introduction. i'm going to talk a little bit today about high hayek came to write the constitution of liberty. but i want to first recognize ronald as the editor of this magnificent volume. i felt the collective works was fortunate to get someone on t

security check i'm not exactly sure what that's doing to fix social security when social security came into being nine hundred thirty four of the leading causes of death among older lead people were associated with poverty you had it over sixty percent part of your heart rate as they were sixty five you know i'm i agree with you and and and people are dying from hyper. from neutrik malnutrition and heat and now because of social security the poverty rate for people over sixty five is down below twenty percent used to be really really i haven't seen the dishes it's just a third of all the payments the social security makes of the things like what stanley is getting for people like my friend michael hutchison who was jogging a couple of years ago and said if they fell broke his neck and has been paralyzed that i doubt he lives on social security ok and there's a few friends of his who you know kick in a hundred yards from here and with that he's not gaming the system and that's the point if a third of the payments that social security is making are literally going to disabled people and

social action. using social media to bring together different people to recruit, to organize, coordinate people to work for the same kind of goals. what are some of the features of social media that facilitate coordination, and do you have any examples of success stories? >> there is an interesting story a few months ago, right at the beginning and things had started in egypt. "the atlantic", i think? there was a pamphlet that had been passed out on the streets and it was about how to deal with teargas and handle other issues. simultaneously, there is a global document that contains -- google document that contains virtually the same information. some people were updating it in real time. you can take a paper pamphlet and print it up and handed out to people and try to make sure it does not get into the wrong hands, or you can use this online tool and get it out to thousands of people and then update it as things change. so you have this fascinating means of being able to organize in real time and c

and food stamps, and those are really important, but we spend just as much money, if not more, on social service programs like job training, education, um, child care, housing assistance, mental health or substance abuse services that promote greater well being, help people find and keep a job, but i can't mail you job train, right? like i can a welfare check or a food stamp benefit. so it becomes really important where these programs are located, and as the book discusses, there's a lot of factors that weigh on where programs are located, and it turns out that the least accessible right where we think -- the least accessible are where the needs are the greatest. >> give us an example when it comes to job training how that program is out of reach for some americans. >> well, it's an interesting issue that you pick up job training because the demands on job training providers are unique. not only do they have to colleague with low-wage job seekers, but also increasingly in suburban areas, but they also have to have access to stakeholders and funders, they also have to have access to emplo

ideas and social theory. in none of his writings does he discuss this eerie in its political dimensions in more detail than in the constitutional redmond. to discuss this book were privileged to have with us this afternoon, three people who are intimately committed with hayek's work. professor bruce caldwell, mr. george soros and professor richard epstein. our first speaker is recent caldwell, currently professor of economics at duke university and direct her at the center for the history of political economy. he said editor of hayek's works of which this edition of "after words" is the volume published. caldwell himself is edited for hayek's most important works in5 the series among the new additions, he's also the author of an important study of hayek's thought, hayek's challenge an intellectual biography. all of us who appreciate hayek's contributions of the economic and social that to professor caldwell for having undertaken the editorship of the collective works. >> thank you for the very kind introducti

and saying that social justice is a buzzword i mean i think mean social justice is a whole package of policies to which conservatives generally are opposed yes wow that's that's that's that's pretty horrific i don't know just a buzzword doesn't mean anything to find social justice for me and then i'll tell you whether conservatives are opposed to it or not as a buzzword yes i know you know even in the concept of due process here it's got. to be real of course conservatives are for equal rights for all and of course conservatives are actually not i don't know when we get beyond the buzz word when ronald reagan kick known policies of the old campaign he went to philadelphia mississippi it's a little town of about a thousand people went to philadelphia mississippi to open his presidential campaign and give a speech on states' rights and you know what happened in philadelphia mississippi you have you have three or four civil rights workers murdered there it's the only reason he went there and he gave the speech on civil rights it was he kicked off his presidential campaign by saying basic

lobbies for seniors and has always held social security sacred. in fact, just last month it said making political deals that cut hard-earned benefits is the wrong way to address these challenges. but today a subtle change in language may have profound effects on the future of the national pension plan. here's our congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. >> reporter: washington woke up to a new political reality this morning: the nation's most powerful seniors' group telling the "wall street journal" it was ready to deal on cutting social security benefits. the a.a.r.p.'s policy chief, john rother, admitting "some of our members will no doubt be upset." so upset that within hours the a.a.r.p. was insisting this was always their position. >> we can make changes that are modest and we can make changes with a great deal of lead time so that we don't need to affect anybody who's currently retired today or near retirement. >> reporter: but the group has long opposed such cuts. >> a.a.r.p. has been working to preserve social security for 50 years. >> r

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. >> host: what is the reason for this change in how we deliver social services? >> guest: one interesting thing about the way we provide assistance today is funded through a variety of different programs serve federal and state and local level. charitable foundations, to pay, a nonprofit organizations and because there is so many different revenue sources it is a piecemeal fashion and that has created with some places and not others we have many demands on what you can afford or recruit staff for achieve economies of scale and stakeholders or individuals who may help you raise funds. you may have a commitment to a certain committee and they factor in to where organizations locate but there is evidence in the book and this is true across different areas that high poverty areas tend not too high of access as low poverty areas. in is a combination but it is hard to recruit staff with the highest poverty neighborhoods and frankly a lot of organizations prefer to relocate downtown or the corridors of power were they connect the foundation's and that is important but t

. >>> social security misspent billions of dollars. the agency's inspector general outlined the costly mistakes to congress. now in 2009 social security overpaid recipients by $6.5 billion. $4billion went to people who didn't qualify for a program to help the poor. nearly $60 million americans received social security benefits. >>> last night the san jose city council approved mayor chuck reed's budget proposal to close the city's $115 million budget deficit. in a last minute agreement police officers voted to take a pay cut to save 156 jobs. despite concessions from police and other city workers that will save $39 million. about 100 officers are still scheduled to be laid off next month. >>> five san francisco smoke shops are now facing a midnight deadline. the city's attorney's office has ordered them to stop selling glass pipes by the end of the day. the city contends there's no

right now the social security numbers is what's used. i think it's been an overstatement in some of the testimony submitted today that all you need is a name and a social security numb and you automatically get that refund. there's a lot of things that go into looking at that. with that said, you know, i'm very open -- you know, as you quoted from a speech earlier this year, we should always be looking at how we do it better. and it's certainly something as identity fraud grows, we're going to have to figure out how to stay on top of it. >> i do appreciate that it's not necessarily that simple, but i'm looking for -- yeah, i've got too many pieces of paper in preparation for today's hearing. but that is a statement from a conference call with an irs employee stating to committee staff that social security number and name is all you need. you know, the e-file and that it is that simple so that's not just citizens, witnesses making that statement. that is one of your employees saying that to my committee staff. >> well, i'll look into both

right now the social security numbers is what's used. i think it's been an overstatement in some of the testimony submitted today that all you need is a name and a social security number and you automatically get that refund. there's a lot of things that go into looking at that. with that said, you know, i'm very open -- you know, as you quoted from a speech earlier this year, we should always be looking at how we do it better. and it's certainly something as identity fraud grows, we're going to have to figure out how to stay on top of it. >> i do appreciate that it's not necessarily that simple, but i'm looking for -- yeah, i've got too many pieces of paper in preparation for today's hearing. but that is a statement from a conference call with an irs employee stating to committee staff that social security number and name is all you need. you know, the e-file and that it is that simple so that's not just citizens, witnesses making that statement. that is one of your employees saying that to my committee staff. >> well, i'll look into bo

social security straight. i had to wait four years with no money and have worked 20 some years at my last job. the government jobs -- they do not even pay out temporary disability. they do not even recognize that. somebody is screwing up the money. it is not our fault. everybody knows people that have worked all of their lives. a person died a few weeks ago that was 64-years old. he was still working and never collected his social security. somebody is using that money. what is going to happen to people that are 47 -- are they going to get a big check? guest: a there are some people that unfortunately died before they reach 62 or 65 and 67 soon. that money goes into the $2.70 trillion alleged trust fund. the woman that called earlier, i think from oklahoma, that trust fund is an allusion. it is a transfer between government. there is no lock box or trust fund in which this trillion that is set off from other spending. when we talk about that excess, that $2.70 trillion, take that into account. they say we will

now, many of them are very socially desirable tax breaks. they encourage conservation, they encourage home buying. others encourage ethanol and give tax breaks to people who invest in windmills. i think it's time that we took a look at those. the former chairman of the council of economic advisors said about $400 billion of the $1.2 trillion ought to be gradually eliminated. if we did that, that would help balance the budget. >> so you would consider that, even though people have said those are tax hikes. if you eliminate those, that's a tax hike. >> well, it's not a tax hike overall if the total amount of money is revenue-neutral. so the question then would be whether you would spend that money to reduce the debt. and let's wait and see what the group recommends. >> how long do you think the group has? you said earlier you think you need some time in advance of august 2 to get it through the senate, but also, the credit markets are watching what you all are doing. and there's some concern about getting right up until the end, like has happe

i am on social security. if you tax the social security and medicare, i have a feeling nobody needs to run for dog catcher if they run again. host: what is your definition of rich? caller: millions. host: millionaires. guest: i will agree with the caller but i want to add to something she said. i agree with the caller that president obama inherited a terrible mess from the previous administration. but it doesn't matter if you look at unemployment or the budget deficit or the price of gasoline -- all of these things have gotten tremendously worst under president obama. so, no doubt, she is right, it wasn't good when he took office. but there isn't a statistic that you might point out that president bush where he was on things that it is worse now. very much worse. host: our next call comes from tennessee on our line for republicans. caller: thank you for taking my call. senator grassley, i appreciate you. i watch you all the time and you have good common sense. what i believe in life is simple -- we will not g

. >>> and it was a day of backlash, anger and confusion about social security. of the most powerful groups in the country, the aarp, made headlines with word that they are actually debating a seismic shift, accepting the idea of some cuts in social security. here's ron claiborne on the backlash and the questions. >> reporter: aarp has been fighting hard against any move by congress to trim social security benefits. >> some in congress want to cut medicare and social security, cutting your benefits so washington can pay its bills. >> reporter: but the powerful lobbying group for older americans is now quietly accepting that some cuts are inevitable to save social security from going broke. >> aarp understands there are going to have to be some changes. >> reporter: at what was described as a heated meeting of aarp's policy council, the panel reportedly acknowledged it would have to accept that the retirement age, now 66, will have to be pushed back further. benefit levels reduced and contributions raised. >> we know there are going to be pieces we don't like. we'

medicine my name is ronald reagan one of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. the doctor begins to lose freedoms it's like telling a lie and one leads to another doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him you can't move in that town they already have enough you have to go someplace else. all of us can see what happens once you establish the person that the government can determine a man working place and he's working methods and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known in this country until one day we would awake to find that we have socialist socialism actually no single payer health care is not socialism the government doesn't own the hospitals there's no no it doesn't and for the doctors it just pays the bills and that's what medicare is that was the plan that paul had in mind that's what i learned in johnson. that over time they would simply start dropping the eligibility age for medicare and this business called those me

nancy cortis how aarp stirred a hornet's nest when it comes to social security. in the meantime, anger over budget cuts spiled out on to the streets of oakland today and landed more than a dozen protesters in police custody. scores of demonstrators marched through downtown this afternoon. stopped in front of oakland's public library to protest coteds to libraries and other city servicesment they also criticized service like banks that profit off of our debt. no injuries or damage reported. >>> also in the east bay, pets poisoned on purpose. two dogs died after eating some meat balls laced with poison. mark sayer has more on the neighbor dispute that apparently led to the canine killings. >> these are photos of dogs that were killed by poison laced meat balls. died that same day and two days later, cocoa also died of poisoning. >> i was pretty shocked. >> tom lives next door to the victim and believes the borne allegedly spiked the meat balls may have gained access to his neighbor's yard through his backyard. >> this guy apparently doesn't like dogs, for one. and

i am on social security. if you tax the social security and medicare, i have a feeling nobody needs to run for dog catcher if they run again. host: what is your definition of rich? caller: millions. host: millionaires. guest: i will agree with the caller but i want to add to something she said. i agree with the caller that president obama inherited a terrible mess from the previous administration. but it doesn't matter if you look at unemployment or the budget deficit or the price of gasoline -- all of these things have gotten tremendously worst under president obama. so, no doubt, she is right, it wasn't good when he took office. but there isn't a statistic that you might point out that president bush where he was on things that it is worse now. very much worse. host: our next call comes from tennessee on our line for republicans. caller: thank you for taking my call. senator grassley, i appreciate you. i watch you all the time and you have good common sense. what i believe in life is simple -- we will not g

social issues are important. but this movement is not focused on the social issues. that why you think you had such success with the tea party? >> yes. it doesn't matter which party got us into this mess. we are here now and we've got to fix it. that's what americans want. they want ideas or solutions. what are you going to do to create more jobs. to get the gas price down and to do these things so that we can go back it living our lives and taking care of our families the way we always have. whoever thought the united states of america would be on the presspies of bankruptcy. >> as we said, you have to be able to afford the gas to go to the polls. >> exactly. >> amy kreme, thank you, you are the chairman -- >> right, claireman. >> i said co-chairman. >> that's all right p.m. i'm a mom. >> tomorrow night, here on cnn. seven republicans will appear on stage here at st. anselm college in new hampshire. the event will be moderated by cnn's john king. >>> the national crime prevention council says six out of ten student are bullied everyday. few try to stop it. steve per

using application and possibly doing social media while consuming your product. all of this creates additional demand on your broadband. people have been talking about multitasking is that is going on in a single home that might have consumed eight hours of television, and now you have multiple that number because of all the dit -- all the additional devices. broadband capacity has been a continual issue for this industry. i just came from a

cut social conservative causes.hey are causes about who we are as a country. i think this electric -- this election is probably the most consequential one. people say to me, you have been out of politics. you have seven children. why are you objecting yourselves to this type of scrutiny? i said because i have seven children and i am concerned about the future of this country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, this is a great country. it is a great country because it was founded a great country. there is one statement that everyone in this room should remember the president of the united states sums it up on how you look that america. he said about six weeks ago. he was talking about medicare, medicaid, and unemployment insurance. he said, talking about these three programs, that america is a better country because of these programs. i will go one step further. america would not be a great country without these programs. ladies and gentlemen, america was a great country before 1965. [applause] social goods are routed

it's you and everyone else. >> reporter: at square one ad agency in dallas, their focus is social media. so prohibiting the occasional status update or tweet would be hypocritical to say the least. >> i think, you know, working with clients who are socially active, it's important for us to stay engaged on social media. >> reporter: but more and more companies are breaking down those virtual walls. in the last two years, the number of employers allowing social media access to employees has jumped nearly 20%. so if you are lucky enough to get to use social networking at work, that doesn't mean it's a free-for-all. experts say you definitely need to proceed with caution. first, how much is too much when it comes to the amount of time spent on these sites? >> if you don't see your boss, you know, on facebook or twitter and linkedin all day, i would be very cautious about doing it yourself. >> reporter: ashley wagner with robert half international says it's also important to closely manage your network of friends and followers. categorize them as personal or professional contacts. avoid rela

social networking web site linkedin was the first of what may be several social web sites going public. coupon web site groupon may be the next. but with high expectations comes high volatility. that brings us to tonight's "word on the street"-- "backbone." debra borchardt is a markets analyst at thestreet.com. so, deborah, you're looking at companies providing the backbone for social media web sites. what's really important here for investors to look at? >> well, i think what's really important is looking at these companies and what they're providing for these social networking sites. there's much lower risk in these-than-buying a linkedin or groupon stock. you look at these providing data storage and software that makes their pages load faster. so it's all those things that keep these social networking sites, you know, viable. >> tom: it's all the technology infrastructure that, as we mentioned, the backbone. that is the word here. so oracle is your first word to watch -- orcl. longtime database manager. that's what the internet is, a big database. the stock has recently traded close

>> just celebrated its 100th year a year ago, it's a school of social work. we train thousands of students to be practitioners and counselors, go on to serve millions of americans over the course of all their careers. i teach courses on the history of the welfare state. i also teach courses on issues of place and poverty and this spring i'm teaching a new course on nonprofits and social innovation in which i'll try to connect student toss techniques for creating more effective programs in this current economic environment. >> what drew you to the social service sector? >> that's an interesting question. um, when i was in college, my dad lost his job, and he didn't have a college degree, and it was really hard for him to find work, and that was at a point when i was starting to think about what i wanted to do. i took a course on political science in minnesota, and the content connected with me, and i saw a way where i could take what i was interested in academically and translate into it thicks that might help -- things that might help people like my dad. it's

social engineering? i do not get to the difference. you are trying to engineer american society. american society. you want to get rid of roe vs. raid. wade. you talk about jesus, but he was a very tolerant man. i find what you are saying is very intolerant. specifically, how will you get to jobs generated? other than giving tax breaks for the wealthy, what are the republicans going to do? you have not given me any real substance other than the bumper sticker of faith in freedom. that is crap to me. that is crap to me. host: here is a twitter comment. do you have an opinion on that? do you have an opinion on that? caller: thetea party has the idea that we have lost our way and are trying to get back to a colonial era of truth, justice, and the american way. america is a very diverse country. to find any one particular point that we all can agree on is kind of tough. i do not find the tea party coming up with a viable answer to the question. how are you going to make jobs available other than taxing the w

while at social security, one of my responsibilities was to serve as the secretary to the social security bored of trustees. the trustees consistent of six members. the secretaries of treasuries, labor, hhs and the commissioners of social security. along with those four are two public trustees nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. unfortunately, over the three years in which i worked in the trustees report, we didn't have the benefit of public trustees. those positions were vacant. unfortunately circumstances where i'm now very glad has been rectified with the combination of charles blahous and robert rice -- reischauer. before i introduce them, i'd like to say 47 million american were covered by medicare in 2010. approximately 150 currently pay in. but these programs aren't just for the old. social security also provides protection for spouses, spouses of deceased workers and children. social security is also an disability insurance program. last month the trustees of social security and medicare released their annual update on the financial status and health. though i

. >> no one said social issues. social issues not important? >> they are.urity. >> why do you say that? >> because we won't have it when we get old. we're paying into it but won't get it. >> that concerns you. >> yeah. >> tell me why. >> i want my money. if i'm paying for it i want it. my future isn't stable. >> anybody else thinking about social security or anything like that? >> i think rights for gay marriage is coming but something that candidates, a topic they seem to avoid to avoid controversy. that's a topic that deserves attention, and i don't know. that's how i feel. >> why do you think that deserves attention? >> just because it affects a lot of americans and it's kind of sad how many states don't allow gay marriage and i think that should change. >> are younger people on board with that issue. are you less or more conservative with regard to social issues. most candidates are very conservative on social issues. >> i think the older you get, older generations they are more conservative. but our generation and if you look down, down like younger pe

president, the social animal this is what it is about. all about the unconscious and how much more powerful it is. and he says so how is it relevant to my presidency within yeah. >> rose: would you say? >> i would say well, you remember, mr. president, when you told mabout the marshmallow experiment, we we having a meeting ande stard talking to me about this experent. >> rose: is that the first time you knew about it. >> i few about it earlier but he was very-- he wanted me tknow he knew about it. >> rose: did he want you to know about it because he knew about it from you or he knew about it. >> i think he knew about it otherwise. but he knew i cared about it. because it was pie avenue into this work. >> rose: what did that say about him that he knew something you knew? whatever it is, what does that say about him, because his whole dn book is about emotion. >> well, for somebody's whose emotions are hard to read, i would say that is barack obama. >> rose: go ahead. >> so one of the things. the research shows us, we don't have one core se

the amount of social security benefits being paid out now exceeds the revenue that social security is collecting. the trustees, when they gave their report a month or so ago, said that to increase the assets, you could increase taxes right now. the payroll tax on employees and employers could go from 12.4% to 14.5% right now during this jobless economic situation. madam president, i wouldn't vote to raise taxes on our social security payers now or our employers. it would be unthinkable. the other thing suggested by the trustees that would meet this shortfall is that you could have a cut in benefits right now, an immediate cut of $150 a month from core benefits would do it. well, what kind of option is that? it is no option. we are not going to do that. everyone knows we're not going to do that. we're not going to raise payroll taxes, and we're not going to cut benefits now. we have more time today than the race against the clock that occurred in 1975. we have the option. for 25 years of doing something that will have a gradual reform to shore up social security and give future retiree

indonesians' appear almost addicted to social media. they generate an astonishing 15% of the world's tweets. only the u.s. and brazil produce more. i just two years, facebook shot up from 1 million to 40 million users. so what has made these services such an essential accessory for the young indonesian? i net two cannot imagine their lives before the likes of twitter. >> mostly i use twitter. it is for my -- myself or whatever i am thinking about, what i see. >> it is part of your work as well? >> we have a twitter account of the radio announcer. and then also to promote our show. >> the world is crazy now. i use it to update myself about my friends, how they are doing. >> so it is an alternative to face-to-face contact? >> yes. some of my friends live in jakarta, so it is an easy way to get to know each other. i think they keep in contact. >> must indonesian's spend less than $5 a month on their contracts, and that includes unlimited access to facebook and twitter. margaret is a politics blogger whose work has been turned into a series

social security isn't. it has its own trust fund. second, it's solvent until 2037. our deficit problem is more immediate than that. and caused by other things. so we ought to,... here is my view of what we ought to do. i don't know if it's that different than aarp. they sort of backtracked a little bit yesterday. but my view is we ought to first solve the deficit problem and get america working again. once we do that, we should look at social security because it does have to be dealt with, but the way to do it is the way we did it in 1983 when democrats and republicans led then by moynihan and greenspan get together, figure out a plan and present it to all of us. anyone who says do this, don't do that ahead of time is making it harder to solve that problem. >> schieffer: senator, we're about out of time. let me just ask you quickly about afghanistan. the president has got to make hard decisions here pretty soon about whether to make a minimal withdrawal of our troops from afghanistan, which seems to be what the secretary of defense is talking about these days, or ma

. >> in regards to the funding for social emotional learning. when you look at kids who are expelled or expended from schools. they lose money. that's money that can be kept in the school if there is in fact an anger management course available for that student. it shows that with sel, not only do grades go up, in the schools entirely, but there's an increase in class harmly and self esteem and the entire community benefits. and that's from 288 thousand students looked at of that particular program. i mean, let's face it, at the direction we're going now, socially in this country, we don't have any choice but to initiate sel in our schools >> thank you. doctor wenz, can you state clearly what sel is for everybody >> it's social emotional learning. learning about one's self and how to recognize and work with other people's feelings too >> can we give all the panelists a round of applause. we will move to questions. we have iona with the mic. >> we got a question right here. . >> hi my name is joanne, i visited atlanta for social reform >> where a

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we think we need to have a separate debate on social security and strengthen social security for thehanges we make to social security should be the strengthen it. >> if it's not cuts in social security benefits, what are you talking about? >> well, everybody knows we need to look at a package of different changes to social security to make it strong for the long term. we have more people older and living longer, so we need to make changes. everybody recognizes that. and we're willing to talk about a package of changes that will keep social security strong. >> what kind of changes are you talking about? help us to understand this. >> there are a number of options people talked about, from changing the benefit structure to raising retirement ages to raising the amount of money contributed to social security. what we need to do is have a big conversation, not with our own members but with the american public about these changes. we need to make sure that the financing is there to maintain current benefits and that's what we're going to be fighting for. we're willing to have a conversati

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