I will have received everything i paid in. My woes come from me not planning. That is clearly my fault. Than 1100 per month. I have to say, im elected official in my local community, but only gives me about 300 per month. You can do it, you just have to live within your means. We live in a society that something does not know how to live within its means. Host you said you blame yourself for not planning. If you had, when would you have started, and what would you have done differently . Caller i had a wonderful start , and i completely fumbled it. I had stock, there was a program, they would come out every two years, and you could buy stock in the company. It would have really flourished had i stayed. Just that one thing would have sent me out pretty well for retirement, plus muscles of plus my Social Security. You have to live within your means. Thats all it is. We live in a nation of entitlement. Anont consider my entitlement, something i paid into, but once i get past the five year
It is about a person who had a reasonable opportunity to the president at that particular time. He had a particular issue that was important. It is the story of somebody who went through a process who never thought about running for president , who became convinced himself that it was something he probably could do, but did not do it because of family concerns. I think the interest is not only the story itself, but so many other people who are going through that right now, who will go through it in the future. What amounts to a lifechanging decision, we thought it would be applicable down through the years. Brian this is meant to be the history of why somebody decided not to run for president. I want to show you some video recorded right here. It was june 3, 2009. [video clip] brian are you still of the same mind . No matter how many people are writing these days, we are getting back in the race. For many reasons, yes. Brian youre not going to go back under any circumstances . I painte
Democrats call 2027488000. Ndependents, use 2027488002 weve set aside a special line for those of you getting Social Security benefits. That number is 2027488003. You can join the conversation online, on facebook, send us a or send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Starting the program, we explore a little bit more indepth in our last segment. The news in the l. A. Times says it all. Social security increase unlikely next year, blame gas prices. They write that for just the third time in 30 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year. Unwelcome news for more than 1 5 of the nations population. They can blame no gas prices. The costofliving of living adjustment, cola, is based on a Government Measure of inflation, being dragged down by lower prices at it pump. The government is scheduled to announce the, or lack thereof. A piece from the Washington Post, their leader editorial sunday, how congress co
Tell us about your favorite president and why that person is your favorite president. Here are the lines. Republicans, 2027488001. Republicans, democrats 2027488000. Post on twitter facebook. Com cs pan or send us an email at journal cspan. Org. In june last year, gallup took a poll of favorite president s. Heres how everything shook out. Topping the list was bill clinton with a favorable rating of 64 . Followed by george h. W. Bush with 63 . His son got 53 . Jimmy carter 52 . At the time, barack obama with 47 as far as favorable rating of living u. S. President s. Other polls have been taken and we will share those. Thoughts on your favorite president. Maybe because of the person or a policy, the administration overall. Your chance to weigh in on president s day. 2027482001 for republicans 202748 8000 for republicans. Our social Media Channels available as well. Gallup conducting polls. Bill clinton scored highest in ratings for the sixth year. George w. Bush in 2006 then president tr
Manufacturing, access to capital for Small Businesses, making investments in infrastructure, utilizing Domestic Energy resources, Stem Education and implementing smarter regulations. I believe, mr. Speaker, that this remains the best recipe for getting our country back to work. Beyond our job creation efforts, im proud of our leadership on confronting the nations debt crisis. Though not always popular, i refuse to accept the status quo of no budgeting, skyrocketing debt and ignoring the problem which only makes it worse. With over 40 cents now borrowed on every dollar spent by the federal government, this is both a Current Crisis and a future one as well. Last year alone, we spent more paying the interest on the debt than we spent on domestic priorities of education, transportation and Natural Resource protection combined. This is unsustainable. This is why i have dedicated much of my time and effort of reining in spending and in washington. Im proud of our efforts to introduce the fir