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Reforming the entitlement programs. >> reporter: take social security, for instance, which is now paying out more than it takes in, with the federal government making up the difference. former fed chairman alan greenspan headed a commission to help save social security back in 1983 and he says more changes are necessary. >> benefits are going to have to be pared in conjunction with tax increases to resolve this very serious long-term budget problem. >> reporter: he was disturbed to see the senate vote 97-zero recently to make social security immune from any actions of a proposed debt commissio...

>> take social security, for instance, which is now paying out more than it takes in with the federal government making up the difference. former fed chairman alan greenspan led a committee. he says more changes are necessary. >> benefits will have to be pared in conjunction with tax increases to resolve this very serious long-term budget problem. >> he was disturbed to see the senate vote 97-0 recently to make social security immune from any actions of a proposed debt commission. >> that said to me that we have gotten to the point in this country where spending is untouchable. >> and if we do...

Entitlement programs. >> take social security, for instance, which is now paying out more than it takes in with the federal government making up the difference. former fed chairman alan greenspan led a committee. he says more changes are necessary. >> benefits will have to be pared in conjunction with tax increases to resolve this very serious long-term budget problem. >> he was disturbed to see the senate vote 97-0 recently to make social security immune from any actions of a proposed debt commission. >> that said to me that we have gotten to the point in this country where spending is untouc...

Long-term budget problem. >> in our remaining moment here, secretary paulson, i have to ask you about financial regulation, about bonuses on wall street. do you see real changes happening on wall street? are you frustrated by the level of bonuses we're seeing? >> well, you asked two questions. firstly, there's no doubt to really bear their own losses, but i would like to see that frustration, that anger channelled toward the regulatory reform. i just think that's very critical. and to me one thing that is absolutely essential is that we get strong resolution authority so that in the future any...