The reason Social Security, he says it gets 2 . Its not a bank account. That just pays back money thats invested. Its also used to give your mothers and fathers the Social Security checks that they live on. If you take a trillion dollars out of that Social Security trust fund, how are the checks how are you going to keep faith with the seniors . Let me come directly to your question we have to go to the closing statements. Can i answer that . One reason people are skeptical is because people dont answer the questions they have been asked. The trillion dollars comes out of the surplus so you can invest some of your own money. Its a difference of opinion. I want workers to have their own assets. Who do you trust . The government or people . Now were going to go to closing statements. Vice president gore. Thank you very much, jim. Ill begin by answering your question. Your last question. I believe that a lot of people are skeptical about people in Politics Today because we have seen a tim
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Might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press culture and in terms of lincoln, almost imagining someone i would have worked for. What would he have required . Would he have been as difficult, demanding, i should say . He owned a german newspaper . [laughter] you have to imagine a press culture in which politics and journalism was interlocking. They were part of the same power culture. Newspapers were Party Organizations through and through. Lincoln had political newspapers that favored him in illinois, the surrounding area. This was prepresident ial. So, he wants to be president by 1859. German immigrants are flooding into the west, voting eligible german immigrants. They have their own german language newspapers. Lincoln found out that this fellow had a newspaper in the southern part of the state but his progressive views didnt fly there. He went bust. He said the name of the paper and moved his Printing Press to springfield, it illinois. Then he got into some financial t
Harold holzer, another lincoln book. Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored. Books and edited books. I dont want to inflate the number. You and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. How do you keep doing this . I get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new for statewide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. We work with Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea perco
Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored books. I have chatted about. Incoln for 21 years how do you keep doing this . An inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. With Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea percolated up in my head about how different it might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press and in terms of lincoln, almo