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>> practically speaking a thousand specialized interests, organized labor, opposition in both parties, we can do a version of what youre proposed. >> i dont want a version. i want a vision. >> "house of cards," thank goodness, not an accurate representation of policy making. but there is a movement afoot to rethink the entire social security question, not in an entitlement reform way, but in a lets change the whole discourse kind of way. a new crop of activists are making the case that social se...

Front-runner in a lot of ways, because he so steady and you can imagine him on a debate stage with president obama. >> and, in fact, mitt romney going after rick perry in florida on the social security question. thats clearly a vulnerability, particularly with so many retired folks in florida. >> and weve talked a lot about this, andrea, social security, rick perry standing by his phrase that its a ponzi scheme. hes walked that back to say, look, if youre currently getting social security, were ...

Themselves together during this period of really economic stress and its a tough thing to do, but the sooner you start, the easier its going to be. none of us want to work forever. >> jamie: no, thats true. so it sounds like youre saying save what you can and plan even bigger, because youll have those added expenses. >> and-- glad you brought the social security question, because tomorrow on sunday in our 11 a.m. hour were going to talk about how to maximize your social security benefits. >> oka...

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>> well, we can visit snow here. >> exactly. all right, go ahead. >> well, my question is about social security. i know there are a lot of myths out there and i know you can dispel them. i saw an interview on "meet the press" with alan greenspan who was asked as you know was on the social security question in the 80s. and tim russert asked him specifically, what about the crisis in social security, alan greenspans response was there is no crisis? social security. its a payroll tax issue. can you...