Security, depleting over the next 35 years or so, so isnt this something weve got to do . Hate it. Kristina i knew it. Let me say this. They created this ponzi scheme many years ago where workers put money into something, where they said it was going to be in a lockbox and they ended up taking the money to where workers now that retired only get paid by the workers of today. They forgot to plan on demographics Going Forward so what do they do . Go after the citizenry and go after the dollars and go after the wealth and turn it into another big gigantic redistribution of wealth. One gentleman wants to tax everything above 400,000. That means you put money into Social Security, a ton, and get a lot less back. In other words, they are treating the wealthy and the successful like the youknowwhat on your shoe. It is a terrible idea for a government thats going to spend 4. 5 trillion this year. They think they need more. Well, the problem is that Social Security trust fund has no money in it right now. Just a lot of nonmarketable ious for the treasury so they have already spent the money. The idea its going to run out in 2035, its already busted today. Moreover, raising taxes on workers will mean a less good economy and by the way, if we have a decent economy, there are more than enough resources to pay people who are on Social Security and about to go on Social Security, the problems only with younger people and we can put in a new system for them. We have time to do it. So this is just another democrat scheme to fleece the American People even more. Steve, the government intends to be fully good to go on those ious, i promise. Just like say the guys from dumb dumber. Whatever their names were. They will pay all those back. Heres the thing. Im joking. Steve, im joking. Heres the thing. Gary said something important. The operative word of what gary started with there is workers. Youre going to raise corporate payroll taxes, then say okay, hey, you know what, i want you to still hire all these workers and pay benefits and higher salaries, yet you will tax the corporations who are the very ones paying those workers. It itself is not going to help Social Security because its going to hurt the workers. Can i throw in something, which is this subject has come under scrutiny, obviously many times before, and i think if you go back to the simpsonbowles commission in 2011, they actually had some sensiblede about reforming Social Security to make it sustainable. The number one thing is you have to extend the retirement age because when this program went into effect, initially, the average Life Expectancy was Something Like 62 years old. Benefits started at 63. The idea was not that people would live for decades on Social Security distributions which are extremely modest. The idea was it was a supplement for people who didnt have any retirement savings. Unfortunately, the American People have now looked at this as sort of how they retire, what they will depend on and it is inadequate for that. We have to sort of reform the basic underpinnings. Kristina that ties in perfectly to what gary started out saying, we are not accounting for the changes in demographics. Youre saying that, and our viewers arent seeing it, but steve is shaking his head when you said to increase the age of retirement. Why is that . Because it breaks the promise. You put money in, you are supposed to be able to withdraw at a certain age. We have the resources to pay those benefits. We have the resources to pay for benefits for people that are about to go on Social Security. Certainly we do. We have an economy well, washington is spending on other things. Thats another problem. But the fact of the matter is, we have an economy that has over 100 trillion of assets, an economy thats quite capable of growing 3 to 4 a year. So instead of taking things away from people, lets figure out how to have this economy more for people who are working, because its their resources that pay these benefits. But let me say steve forbes, this was a contract with the American People thats been changing since day one. I think when it started, Social Security, you were like on your first 3,000, then it kept going, then it kept going. Then you started getting taxed on your Social Security and they raised it again and again. Thats why we shouldnt fall for this trap today. In the 1980s they said this will save Social Security for the next zillion years. Here we are and the system is in trouble again. Leave the thing alone, get the American Economy growing and have private accounts, personal accounts for young people where they would own those assets, not washington politicians. You want to find the mismanagement, find the mismanagement in the whole Social Security system and look no further than the public nature of it. If you privatize those accounts like other countries have had, we dont have that growth problem in a lot of the numbers that are in the coffers. If the government would get its head out of you know where, that would be great to actually get those privatized. You want to see assets grow, thats how they will grow. Then they lose the control of those dollars. There you go. Imagine if they never did Social Security but made you put that same amount of money into an account, tenyear treasuries. A, the treasury would have a ton more money right now and b, we would have control of our money. But of course, we gave it up many years ago and we are in the soup. Kristina what do you think, given that the bill actually has 210 cosponsors at the moment . Well, it sounds like they are all but one is a democrat so its not going anywhere. They may indeed pass it out of committee and it may pass the house. It certainly isnt going to pass through the senate. Look, i think a lot of people feel something needs to be done about Social Security, the program, and the question is how is it going to go about it. I think the answer is even a lot of people in the Democrat Party in the house are saying there are a lot of different avenues including some of the senior people like steny hoyer. Hes not signed off on this. Sounds like theres a lot more work to be done and everyone has always thought it needed to be bipartisan because this is truly the third rail of american politics. Let me just say, the Biggest Issue is anybody thats trying to become wealthy gets screwed by all these proposals of all these new taxes. They are trying to say if you make a certain amount above this level, youre getting taxed more and the next level, you are getting taxed more. It never ends. We will never have wealthy people ever again if these people ever get their way. If they dont go after those people directly, they will go after the corporations that employ those people. Therefore, if you are a corporation sitting there watching this, reading about this potential bill, you are like great, now they will go after us for the Social Security mismanagement thats occurred for decades now. Kristina tell me how you really feel. President trump, we will move on, President Trump preparing to take action on ecigarettes. Is the president , though, making the right move or has he gone too far . We will ask dr. Marc siegel, next. Vaping has become a very big business, as i understand it. Like a giant business in a very short period of time. But we cant allow people to get sick and we cant have our youth be so affected. Great riches will find you when Liberty Mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Wow. Thanks, zoltar. How can i ever repay you . Maybe you could free zoltar . Thanks, lady. Taxi only pay for what you need. 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The Trump Administration is expected to roll out rules banning thousands of flavors in the coming weeks. Here now to talk about this is our good friend, dr. Marc siegel. So dr. Siegel, should there be a cigarette ban . I want to answer it indirectly and say this. Out of the nine Million People that are vaping, three million of them are under the age of 18, and one out of four High Schoolers are now vaping. They give the reason that theyre vaping is flavors. They dont even know theres nicotine in these products. Since this is illegal, illegal, by the way, for anyone under the age of 18 to be purchasing an ecigarette in any state in the union, they are looking at trying to raise this to 21 in congress right now, by the way, but theres not a state where you can actually legally buy this, so of course they have to enforce it. And of course the Trump Administration is right to say lets clear the deck of flavored ecigarettes. Thats my way of answering. Thats what has to be banned. Get the flavors out of this. Dr. Siegel, this is scott martin. When im reading about some of the i guess evidence thats coming out is a lot of the issues seem to be withome of the counterfeit ecigs or vapes out there. What does the ban do for getting after those . If you take the stuff off the market thats legal, i get it, but it doesnt attack the ones that shouldnt be there anyway. You me a great point. Let me be clear. We are talking about two different things. I agree with you that the 450 cases of people being severely ill suddenly from vaping, its probably due to a cannabisrelated product that they either got in a cannabis shop illegally or in a state where Recreational Marijuana is legal. Not the same thing as whats coming out today at the National Institute of drug abuse saying by the way, onequarter of all High Schoolers are vaping. Thats what the administration is reacting to. M agreeing with your possible cynicism that they may be piggybacking on to the other headline here and saying wait a minute, lets use that for more momentum, but its a separate one, too many High Schoolers are vaping. Two, theres no regulations on the product whatsoever as to what constitut a produ thats actually been scientifically studied. So yes, the injury is probably due to cannabis shops or illegal products or home brew, not to what were talking about regarding flavors. Speaking of flavors, a big discussion was menthol. That is included in the mix. Its considered a flavored product. Why not go after banning Menthol Cigarettes as well, to maybe hopefully decrease the flavoring all together across the board . I agree with that. I think youre right about that. I think the way to go here is to understand that i as a physician, and many other physicians, like to use ecigarettes to help smokers quit. Guess what flavor i like . Tobacco flavor. Guess what kind of ecigarette i like . The one that looks like a cigarette. I say to somebody instead of a cigarette, use this ecigarette and you know, it helps kristina the ones that literally look like a cigarette. Theyre not that popular. Literally tobacco flavored. Of course theyre not popular. If you were 16, wouldnt you rather have something that tastes like krcreme brulee . Again, the survey is asking them, they dont even know theres nicotine in these things. Can i ask, what is the big deal about nicotine . First of all, first of all, the lasterson diedrom this vapingrelated Mysterious Illness was not a teenager, he was 50 years old. It seems to me the most incredible priority right now is finding out whats killing people, whats making them sick. It seems like it is additives, possibly something to do with cannabis or whatever. That seems to me like the big push the government should be on right there. Secondly, though, i keep reading about nicotine, kids accessing nicotine. Fine, but theyre not smoking cigarettes. It seemed to me a heartbeat ago we were thrilled that people were not smoking. Everything you just said, extremely smart. Let me answer it. Let me try. Number one, vaping involves heating a liquid. When you heat that liquid, you are putting chemicals into your lungs. Even a regular ecigarette, juul or another ecigarette, we havent studied the longterm effects of that, and some preliminary studies suggest they may lead to early emphysema. B, they have to be better than regular cigarettes. C, youre right that people are smoking cigarettes less when they go to ecigarettes but guess what they do down the line . Four times more likely to turn to conventional tobacco if you started with ecigarettes as a teen. We are not completely off the hook here. We end up addicting people to nicotine. Why should a 13yearold be addicted to nicotine . I see no medical purpose for that. You make a very good point, doctor. That is we should not ban vaping. Its the abusie of vaping we ar discussing here. Vaping is a great way for people who are smoking cigarettes to get off cigarette smoking. I know a number of friends who tried everything. Kristina that hasnt been proven yet. Easier said than done. Kr kristina hasnt been proven yet. Cigarettes are going to do, i guarantee you, far more harm than vaping in terms of if you go to the American Lung association and their website, you will be scared out of your wits when they tell you whats in these ecigarettes. It starts with the word heavy metals and carcinogens. They want to equate it to cigarette smoking. Two different things. Kristina we will leave it there. Guys, lets talk about the white house now. You have white house aides that are on the ground in california looking for a solution to the states homelessness crisis. Does the administration really need to step in and fix the problem for california . We debate. Its actually become a national embarrassment. 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A white house spokesperson telling New York Times quote, the president has taken notice of the homelessness crisis, particularly in cities and states where the liberal policies of overregulation, excessive taxation and poor Public Service delivery are combining to dramatically increase poverty. Liz, do you feel its no doubt an issue. Do you feel the administration should be parachuting some aides in to come up with a quick fix . I think somebody should do somethin