Although Social Security is sometimes referred to as an "entitlement" program by certain fiscal hawks, it's more like a pension program. You aren't "entitled" to Social Security retirement benefits .
To bring troops back in the border, to participate in good faith in a diplomatic conversation. and that certainly would be our objective. martha: how do you think that is going to go? that is absurd, martha. it s absurd. vladimir putin makes a cost of benefit calculation. if he feels it s in his interest, he will do it. he didn t listen to barack obama or joe biden or anybody. he invaded twice. and then he stopped for four years he didn t try it again. and now he s back at it. so we ask ourselves, why is that? and the answer is whether accidentally or in naive fashion, we suggested to him that in a cost benefit analysis, he could get more out of being aggressive than he would fear being punished. that is what he thinks about. and if he gets away with this,
Urgency? i couldn t say for sure, but i can tell you, i think they re failing to communicate. i think what would be very helpful to know is if they re not ready now, to tell us when they will be ready, and what are the steps what s standing in the way of being ready? and the american academy of pediatrics is also very concerned. they issued a letter recently saying that the delta variant has changed the risk/benefit calculation for vaccinating younger children. so we need to have this information. so the fda, if they need two more weeks or months, the american public should be kept apprised of the process and what are the roadblocks they re facing? we shouldn t be wondering if they re just sitting on their hands. they re still waiting for data from the drug companies. but seven months into his presidency, joe biden has not yet named a permanent commissioner for the fda. do you think that would help? i m not sure if it would