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You are younger than i am, but for you and me our retirement age is 67. they are talking about raising it to 68 by 2050. its a nothing fix. but just the third rail of american politics is entitlements, so even with the modest adjustments and raising the tax level on your income means testing the programs effectively would increase the solvency dramatically. >> if youre looking at what we did in 65 and 67, that didnt fix it. >> dont forget, thost a cohort of 77 millions, the baby boomers, we are ...

Entitlements, the third rail of politics, could be, would be catastrophic. re-election efforts of stumping fiscal stability. speaker boehner says its not anything new itch the president checked out last labor day. all he has done is campaign full time in the last six months. he has not been engaged at all. there has been no effort at trying to work with democrats and republicans to address this issue -- at all. its shameful. >> sean: 1086 days have passed since the senater senate pushed through ...

Entitlements, the third rail of politics, could be, would be catastrophic. re-election efforts of stumping fiscal stability. speaker boehner says its not anything new itch the president checked out last labor day. all he has done is campaign full time in the last six months. he has not been engaged at all. there has been no effort at trying to work with democrats and republicans to address this issue -- at all. its shameful. >> sean: 1086 days have passed since the senater senate pushed through ...

cory booker racing into a neighbors burning house crossing through smoke and flames to save a womans life. newark, new jersey, has a new hero this morning. in control. the government taking a huge step in safety behind the wheel. a brake override. well tell you all about it. jackass award. the agency using your money to invent a fake award show at dinners you paid for. were on the case. housing alert. have prices finally hit rock bottom? value of your home could go up for the fir...

Spanish saying i could not believe someone heard so many people over the years ... still ... still alive. >>shepard: that is not what he said. he went on to say he felt he betrayed the latin community and his cuban friends. it is unclear if that will calm the public backlash but you can doubt it. history says it wont. back to the panel this afternoon. this is one walking, talking, disaster. >> he is the charles barkley of baseball. he had a history of this in chicago. where he was the favorite s...

He thought he had a mandate after the midterms and he didnt have it. he got shot down immediately and it was a big debacle for the republicans. i dont know how many times they have to learn this lesson. its the third rail of politics for a reason. but they seem to enjoy getting electrocuted. >> lets not forget is the outcry in the town halls when ryan presented his new budget. after the break, as president obama meets with the leaders of mexico and canada, well take a look inside his re-election...

And support whoever the nominee is, in part because we recognize that the country is in danger, led by barack obama. we are going to come together and make sure that we get the country back on the right track. >> sean: paul ryan, you have been criticized because you want to deal with the structural problems of our economy, the record debt, deficit and take on what is called the third rail in politic, which is entitlement spending. that means medicare, medicaid, social security. you are willing t...

Contributor to "national review." what we are asking is, are there any limits to what the federal government can do? is there any balance between the federal government and the states at all? >> why is that such a third rail for you, federal versus the states? >> its a constitutional issue. a very important issue. a 10th amendment issue. >> but whats the different? >> i think the constitution has served us very well the last 225 years. >> youre not answering the question. why is it different if ...

Pollution metrics are lower. it incentivizes no derivatives in certain countries, no swaps in certain countries because theyre illegal in certain countries so you bring all the swaps to this country. how do you suggest we even begin to try to create uniformity in some of those global standards? >> well, there is a range of things you can do. you can create global agreements among nations to set standards and enforce standards or actually create mechanisms, institutions that set those standards a...

Money in their pockets and in their checking account every month so they can buy food for their family, to provide for them without having to rely on the government. thats the kind of policy i want to see. >> and theres a lot of-- 4%. >> this administration uses food stamps as a form of economic stimulus. they glorify it. they dont paint the picture that its a crutch. make it seem like a long-term thing. and politically want it to be the long-term thing. and if youre getting food stamp you think...