The system is the state, a complex mechanism that includes government, capitalism, patriarchy and imperialism. It will not go away until we force it to.
the festival of books. [applause] very glad to be here again. let s start with the question raised by the title of our session here and that is the social security manufactured crisis? the short answer is yes. there is not existential crisis for social security faces in the sense it will not exist in x number of your system and drastic is done. but there s two crises only talk about a social security crisis. number one is a fiscal crisis. what have enough income and revenues from whatever source to support itself in future years on the second crisis is a political crisis and i do find that as a crisis in terms of whether, for lack of a better term, the governing class in this country wants to support social security anymore and the degree to which there is sufficient popular support, mobilize popular support that it has to continue. so i ll address the fiscal crisis for us because that is the one in the media all the time. to do find this a little more closely, social secur
sanctions are hindering international donations for victims of this weekend s double earthquake. we look at vice president to candidate paul ryan s budget proposal to partially privatize social security and dismantle medicare and medicaid. we re at a moment where if government growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, america s best century will be considered our past century. this is the future in which we will transform our social safety net into a hammock that allows the able-bodied people into complacency. will the program last another 77 years? we will speak with heather mcghee and eric laursen of, the people s pension: the struggle to defend social security since reagan. what is disturbing is the proposals treat it as something akin to a second sickout or investment account rather than as a sort of social contact. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. rebel fighters have claimed
sanctions are hindering international donations for victims of this weekend s double earthquake. we look at vice president to candidate paul ryan s budget proposal to partially privatize social security and dismantle medicare and medicaid. we re at a moment where if government growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, america s best century will be considered our past century. this is the future in which we will transform our social safety net into a hammock that allows the able-bodied people into complacency. will the program last another 77 years? we will speak with heather mcghee and eric laursen of, the people s pension: the struggle to defend social security since reagan. what is disturbing is the proposals treat it as something akin to a second sickout or investment account rather than as a sort of social contact. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. rebel fighters have claimed
sanctions are hindering international donations for victims of this weekend s double earthquake. we look at vice president to candidate paul ryan s budget proposal to partially privatize social security and dismantle medicare and medicaid. we re at a moment where if government growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, america s best century will be considered our past century. this is the future in which we will transform our social safety net into a hammock that allows the able-bodied people into complacency. will the program last another 77 years? we will speak with heather mcghee and eric laursen of, the people s pension: the struggle to defend social security since reagan. what is disturbing is the proposals treat it as something akin to a second sickout or investment account rather than as a sort of social contact. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. rebel fighters have claimed