Social Security Under Attack - Democracy NOW!

Run time: 06:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp4ORY5qfn8   Posted on YouTube: July 19, 2010 By YouTube Member: ThisBoyTV Views on YouTube: 348   Posted on DU: August 11, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 325

 
Posted on July 19 2011

Democracy NOW! - DN! The attacks on Social Security have steadily intensified in the past few months. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer recently called for a higher retirement age and House Minority leader John Boehner suggested raising the retirement age to 70.

Meanwhile, President Obama's bipartisan 18-member commission dealing with the nation's public debt is due to come out with a report in November that is expected to recommend cuts to Social Security. We speak with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Published with written permission from democracynow.org. http://www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Credits for this video belongs to democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.