but you won t get away. the video that has everyone talking on this american morning. good morning. it s wednesday, august 3rd. this is american morning. a lot going on today. we should get right to it. yes, we should. isn t the debt deal done? it s not done yet. they have to do the super committee. and decide what they will cut, cut food inspectors, education grants, they are going to cut stuff out of education. at least some of it is done? some of it done. one of the bitter and dangerous debates this recent history is now history. the bill to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending is law. this is a picture of president obama, he signed the bill in private. nobody around him. notice that. he doesn t look very happy either, does he? he called the compromise a first step toward fixing the economy, though, and argued more must be done. this is, however, just the first step. this compromise requires that both parties work together on a larger plan to cut t
unemployment is hovering around 10%. unemployment is a problem and it s very difficult to get people to work longer when there aren t any jobs. once they solve that riddle, we have to ask people to work longer or simply there won t be money to pay the pensions. wel run out of money. whether it s social security or the state pension for teachers. seven is a good number. krista, your view on this. on one hand, many budget and debt experts suggest that raising retirement age to 66 for social security is a good idea, but how do you do that when jobs lost will never come back? i m with peter on this. you have to remember that raising the retirement age is a long-term plan and it s always tempting to imagine that future economic conditions will be exactly the same as the ones right now. that s not the case. i think anyone who thinks they can predict what the shape of the economy will be in 2022 is someone who has a crystal ball that i certainly don t possess. what we can predict is