people. in these discussions, fun yind of thing happened with one of the gentlemen who last monday, he went a little off subject. and was saying about the budget which would not social security and medicare are not about fixing the budget. they are separate, we have a trust fund that will last until 20 years at 100% to paid been pits and after that at 75%. we are trying to fix something ahead of time. it takes time for things to go through congress. in the sense that when you said something so important earlier it is a contract, but it is also social security is too often discussed as an entitlement and an earned right and i think that one of the great things roosevelt did was not simply lift this country out of the greatest depression but provide for economic security. especially for seniors. i fear that there is a bipartisan kind of establishment, austerity class, in washington as we head towards
advocates of the supercommittee and critics agree our political system is dysfunctional. the austerity class thinks it s too much and i think it s too little. those who celebrate supercommittees believe elites, if insulateed from the populous can pursue the long term public interest. it shows quite the opposite. in the absence of accountability, elites will wreak havoc. we need more democracy back in the hands of citizens. it s the force that s driving occupy wall street. if you want to see what a mere image might look like, attend the general assembly, if it hasn t been broken up in your city or town yet. they don t outsource. it s gruelling, tedious and loaded with conflict. it s what democracy looks like. as utopian as it may sound, i
prosperity. my colleague describes on what he calls the austerity class was able to shape the economic dialogue in d.c. take a look at the graph. it s a great graph. in the last week of july they looked at cable news coverage, and between fox news and cnn and msnbc, unemployment was mentioned 75 times, and unemployment 427 times, and the word debt was mentioned 7,583 times. it has to do with the president pushing his job plans, has given many speeches. and then debt has been mentioned
the war in iraq, there was a sense of the other superpower. millions of people in this country and around the world saying they wanted a different world. and occupy wall street across this country, across the world captured the imagination. and in coalition with other groups, it is super charging. what you know, what you think has been happening in this last year from madison to ohio to washington to spain, we re seeing a world that understands there is a real deficit is not with the austerity class is telling us. it s a democracy deficit. it s a deficit of jobs. it s a deficit of dignity for working people and it s a deficit when 99% of the people in this world in this country are not getting what they rightly work for and need. it s been a month. how long will it go? is this going to go through the election? is this going to go until there s real change? dl are things coming up. absolutely.
millions of people in this country and around the world saying they wanted a different world. and occupy wall street across this country, across the world captured the imagination. and in coalition with other groups, it is super charging. what you know, what you think has been happening in this last year from madison to ohio to washington to spain, we re seeing a world that understands there is a real deficit is not with the austerity class is telling us. it s a democracy deficit. it s a deficit of jobs. it s a deficit of dignity for working people and it s a deficit when 99% of the people in this world in this country are not getting what they rightly work for and need. it s been a month. how long will it go? is this going to go through the election? is this going to go until there s real change? dl are things coming up. absolutely. you ve got the tax issue in new york which is going to be in