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Earlier this week . All right, so youll hear a little overlap. Its in the 30th year of existence, 30 years ago robert ball, wilber cowan, bob meyers, legendary in the insurance, realized we needed an academy for two major purposes, number one, existing social insurance scholars so they could support each other and advance the field and at that time 30 years ago we scoured the country and could come up with just about 100 people in this entire country who were legate get mat social insurance scholars. As you know, today the economy has about a thousand members so in 30 years weve had a very nice growth, but the second goal of the academy and this is the essence of what today is, back as a magnet to attract younger people. At that point, you know, the academy 33 years ago, younger people were me, with the boomer generation and it was a fear that we boomers were just not understanding why we have programs like Social Security, medicare, workers comp, Unemployment Insurance. So the foundin
So theres a gallup poll that came out i think a year or two ago that asked all working age americans that question. And 51 of them said they didnt think they would see a penny from Social Security. You get a trooper that several ways but i think its pretty shocking to see how little faith people have when theyre planning for their own retirement of how much they will get. Whether they actually believe that order was more symbolizing their lack of faith or mr. Ross in the political system is up for question. It was pretty shocking to me it was that high a figure. That really brings to the discussion we will have here today in looking at social securities longterm sustainability and the financing structure and how we do make it sustainable for the long run so it will be there in some shape or form probably with modifications for when you all need and ready to claim benefits. So i just want to start very briefly by letting everyone know about a commission with at the Bipartisan Policy Cen