The featured programs for the Social Security Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=1135 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:37:06 GMT Eric Laursen talked about his book, [The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security]. He spoke and took questions at the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books, which took place on the campus of the University of Arizona on March 9-10, 2013. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311175-3 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311175-3 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Walter Williams discussed his libertarian views. He described growing up in a housing project and the segregation he confronted in the Army in 1959. The John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, he shared the origins of his teaching endowment from the Olin Foundation and talked about his rigorous expectations for students. He argued that it is "academically dishonest" for professors such as himself to share personal political views in the classroom. He shared his views that Social Security has no "constitutional authority" and is also a bad deal for Americans because the rate of return is very low and it redistributes money form those who have less to those who have more. He also aruged that Americans should be allowed to sell their own organs as an issue of private property rights. He told how he came to be a substitute host for the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio show. Mr. Williams has written 10 books and has a syndicated weekly column. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304675-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304675-1 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Joseph Minarik talked about the future solvency of Social Security, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Social Security went cash negative in 2011, meaning the the cost of benefits outstripped tax collections for the first time since the early 1980's. Among the topics Mr. Minarik addressed were the Social Security Trust Fund, the role of the Treasury Department, and the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on Social Security. C-SPAN Radio's Bobbi Jackson read news headlines at the end of the program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302439-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302439-4 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Social Security and Medicare fund trustees released their annual report on the fiscal condition of both federal programs. Trustees included Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. The Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds will exhaust their funds earlier than projected. A major reason, according to the trustees, is due to the recession and slower economic growth. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299510-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299510-1 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Panelists discussed the past, future, and current state of the Social Security system. They focused on various proposals to improve future solvency such as benefit cuts, raising the retirement age, and privatization. In her remarks Barbara Kennelly called on lawmakers to preserve Social Security for millions of Americans who use it as their sole source of income. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298133-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298133-1 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT