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>> it yokd is a soft term, i think actually we agree much more than we disagree on the point and the fact that democrats and republicans havent been able to address it, is because seniors are the biggest voting bloc in the united states and they turn out to vote at hirgher rates than anybody else and when you deal with it especially during an election year is the third rail in american politics. >> all the more reason, eric, not to get rid of somebody who actually brings it up. >> and the whole ...

Attempted some kind of change with that, with privatizing social security and putting some of it, maybe into the stock market, at least, maybe some of it into 401(k) stuff and obama -- >> thank goodness he didnt put it into the -- what if he put it there. >> if he put it in, people -- >> how many -- hey! hold on, guys, hold on. >> what you are proposing is idiotic. the people just about to get social security would not have had it all in the stock market and people in it for the long term will n...

Third rail and i dont know where there is the will to do something. in either party. >>guest: the type of people would have the will are people like alan simpson which is what third groups are doing, trying to muzzle him. but we need people there that are willing to make the tough decisions, come up with controversial options if we are going to dig ourselves out of this whole. >> someone said, why shouldnt people who put into the system get out, obviously we all pay in. but what we are paying is...

System. risking social security in the stock market. privatizing it for corporate profit. ending guaranteed benefits or getting rid it all together. on this anniversary, tell republicans to keep their hands off social security. >> neil: now, we are going to speak to the democrats secret weapon in this. james roosevelt, jr. in just a minute. first, dana perino. it was your boss, i remember, president bush, to wanted to deal with social security and his party turned on him. its a third rail for bo...

Elements that have been the ones vilifying our community for the last 18 months the opportunity to get elected. >> and to discuss those and about the gop, mrs. angle in nevada. how unusual is this, for a congressional or a senate candidate, especially in a state that has 25% hispanic population, to not even bother to send out ordinarily routine news releases to let alone return phone calls from hispanic media? >> yeah. its not only unusual, its stupid. >> yeah. >> politically stupid. and, you kn...

Going to be by omission allowing some of the more extremist elements that have been the ones vilifying our community for the last 18 months the opportunity to get elected. >> and to discuss those and about the gop, mrs. ang until nevada. how unusual is this for a congressional or a senate candidate, especially in a state that has 25% hispanic population, to not even bother to send out ordinarily routine news releases to let alone return foals from hispanic media? >> yeah. its not only unusual, i...

About the gop, mrs. angle in nevada. how unusual is this for a congressional or a senate candidate, especially in a state that has 25% hispanic population, to not even bother to send out ordinarily routine news releases to let alone return phone calls from hispanic media >> yeah. its not only unusual, its stupid. >> yeah. >> politically stupid. and, you know, but i think its part of a strategy, keith, that the republican party and the more extreme elements of that party have undertaken, first to...

It was outrageous that youd have financial reform. >> without fannie and freddie. >> and you wouldnt touch fannie mae and freddie mac. >> this is what cost us more money than anything else. were closing out on $150 billion. i know that was $60 billion. these two companies are supporting frankly virtually the entire mortgage market at the moment, which means that were supporting them, so, you cant let them go completely at this point, theyre kind of holding us hostage which is sort of the problem...

This. >> shepard: is there any idea how much supreme court it would get. >> probably not much support. folks who look at the balance sheet realize it one of the reasons they have the short fall is the recession we are coming out of. 41 billion-dollar deficit. opposition come from the likes of manual laborers, older workers close to retirement age. folks who have serious health problems. longer employ employees. lower life expectancy as well. definitely push and pull in the coming years. >> there...

It sound like a conspiracy. its not. washington has an interest in ensuring prerogatives. washington has an interest in ensuring people are differential in the matters. >> its been a true pleasure. the book "washington rules." i hope and suspected there are some solutions to this problem in that publication. you discussed a couple with us just here. thank you for the time this afternoon. coming up here on "the dylan ratigan show," cue up the latest battle on gay rights. here we come. prop 8 at t...