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In the generation "y" group. that means people that are 30 years old other younger. they say, according to this new survey out by the american federation of teachers and the american institute for research, it says that 1 out of 5 teachers nationwide fit into this category, the gen "y" category. 50% want to leave the profession and are more likely to than the older counterparts. 91% are more likely to transfer schools than older teachers as well. the study says that gen "y" teachers want some ba...

It a premium support system. which sounds like its great for your back. also, president bush just wanted to personalize social security. in the end, how this all works out politically for republicans. likely will come down to which party learned the most from the last fight over this exact same thing. it is a bad idea for the republicans to be pursuing this politically, but it is a worse idea for the democrats to not fight them on it. [ male announcer ] this is the story

Does the exact same thing. it it is vouchers, coupons for health care, sink or swim, good luck, hope you can afford it. congressman is recognizing his mistake, countering, no, its not the case, not a voucher system. he would prefer for you to call it a premium support system. which sounds like its great for your back. also, president bush just wanted to personalize social security. in the end, how this all works out politically for republicans. likely will come down to which party learned the mo...

It appears to be to present this idea of privatizing medicare, as if its not that same idea everybody has hated forever, and especially in 2005 when bush talked about privatizing social security, they are trying to present this now as if its some brand-new idea that nobody has ever thought of before, nobody has ever been disgusted by before, and one not called privatization. and while were on the subject. you know what else its not called? vouchers or coupons. congressman ryan has suggested a me...

A what? a premium support system? you believe that? the plan would shift more cost to seniors and while seniors 55 or older will continue on the current medicare system, seniors in the future will get government money to use toward a private insurance policy. i bet theyre excited about that. meanwhile, medicaid would be gutted and turned into a block grant. states of course would get a lump sum of money with the freedom to spend the money how they see it. well, i wonder how theyd spend it in wis...

Premium support system. a what? a premium support system? you believe that? the plan would shift more cost to seniors and while seniors 55 or older will continue on the current medicare system, seniors in the future will get government money to use toward a private insurance policy. i bet theyre excited about that. meanwhile, medicaid would be gutted and turned into a block grant. states of course would get a lump sum of money with the freedom to spend the money how they see it. well, i wonder h...

After 2021 which means anyone under 55 would not be affected by this but a vouch er system where seniors would get government money to buy private health insurance. >> >> that is not accurate. with my road map the money goes to the person but that is not what were proposing, this is -- what alice rivlin talked about, a support system, which is different than a voucher, premium support is the system i as a member of congress and all federal employees have and works like the medicare prescription ...

Fighting. it never happens. my last question to you is, can we agree if president obama does not fight for medicare and instead agrees to some sort of so-called compromise, to chop it off or do this kind of premium support system, that he is a disaster as a progressive, if he does? >> i dont know that i would jump there, but i do agree that democrats do have this habit of delays the fight until its too late. you cant fight in the tenth inning if the game ends in the ninth. and i guess im focused...

Keep it exactly as it is today. and the problem is, the biggest driver of our debt is medicare. and, it has trillions, tens of trillions of dollars of unpaid promises and we want to keep those prop misses, meaning we want to fulfill the mission of health retirement securities, in -- an offer for future seniors so we will be proposing a premium support system like the rifle ly rivlin-ryan plan which is identical to i and all federal employees have. >> chris: im at a disadvantage because i didnt s...

Medicare by turning it into a voucher system after 2021 which means that any one under 55 would not be affected by this but avoucher system where seniors would get government money to buy private health insurance. >> that is not accurate. my road map does do a voucher program which means the money goes to the person and they go out and buy. that is not what we are proposing. our reforms are along o the lines of what i proposed with the democrats in the clinton administration which is a premium s...