With the change in administrations and uncertain economic health, viewers are wondering how safe Social Security will be under President-elect Barack Obama's administration. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney takes a closer look. (Nov. 12)
Your Money: Social Security Under Obama
Posted by Mike at 1:55 AMYour Money: Social Security Eligibility
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A viewer wrote in to ask how a stay-at-home mother qualifies for social security benefits. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains. E-mail your questions to yourmoney@ap.org (Feb. 2)
"Where Does the Money Go?" National Debt - Bill Moyers
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Made BEFORE the current crisis, more scary now. Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson discuss their book, "Where Does the Money Go?" and the mounting debt and deficit of America. They offer an estimate of the time until the failure of Medicare and Social Security, and general suggestions to address this problem.See I.O.U.S.A. the movie, visit the YouTube sitecom/watch?v=K0E-fw...See also Health care reform, a look at successful systems of Taiwan and Switzerland, probably acceptable to U.S., and similar to some existing U.S. models.com/watch?v=xxIOSc...Farm Subsidies: Welfare To The Wealthy, Costs You Billionscom/watch?v=Xc8rfQ...WELFARE for the Wealthy, as U.S. Poverty, Hunger Increasecom/watch?v=yGVFOr...Fall of Rome vs Failure of American Politics and Economycom/watch?v=lXGGm4...PBS Bill Moyers' personal take on Karl Rovecom/watch?v=hvdUZA...Iraq Cost Accounting, Bill Moyerscom/watch?v=fG9kYs...Earmarks, Washington Contributions, Corruption, Moyers pt1com/watch?v=ahhHlS...John McCain on earmarkscom/watch?v=vwjOcW...com/watch?v=EfCdGH...Free Lunch, Corp Welfare, Bill Moyers and David Cay Johnstoncom/watch?v=LUNHwZ...John C. Bogel and Moyers, Capitalism and Democracy Pt 1com/watch?v=0jNpQO...60 Minutes segment, third world charities providing healthcare for American working poor com/sections/i_vid...Visit the PBS archives to see the complete show and more of Bill Moyers.org/moyers
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