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We cant hear you. Here it comes. Yeah, for each question identify the organization. Hello. Identify yourself and your position. Im a humble tax reporter and analyst. There three of us. Im not an expert about Social Security, but my understanding is that surpluses of the program for a given year invest in a trust fund and treasury bonds. They have a low yield. There was a plan to privatize Social Security. It would seem to me that having a slightly more normal its endless. For example, raisings and eliminating the tax cap. We had to pick and choose which to include. Especially in the trade off, we collected only 12 of what is commonly proposed for Social Security. So we did not test the options that would invest the money differently. That would be a great question to ask. Yes . A microphone over here. Im hannah weinbe ....
Because we have found that it is not material to safety or nutritional composition. And appreciate that. Let me, in the case of sugar. Right . We, sugar processors require to label whether refined table sugar comes from, i guess the question is, are sugarw km processors required to label whether refined table sugar comes from a certain species or plant . . Im sorry, i dont you dont require fine table sugar to label whether it comes from sugar beets or from cane. No. Why . Again, i think its a question of materiality. Would consumers be rkykcany,d they get any benefit if that labeling requirement for fine table sugar also had a requirement, well, tiie is beet produced fine table sugar or sugar cane fine table sugar . Again, what we focus on is the attribute of the food at consumer we think would eat it. For the genetically engineered ingredients in foods today, is there any evidence that they vary in their objective characteristics in any meaningful or uniform way . No. Not as a class. ....
Facts. So is if you revise8xiv whatn the nutrition panel, and you decide theres some additional themes that ought to be in jn there, then that would cut across the entire Food Industry in a significant way, in terms of revising its labels, correct . Yes. B 9nnyg thank you. Timesjn the chair recognizes five minutes. Thanks for your 30 years of service. I understand youre closer to beginning at this point. Ay thank you for your good work. Its been interesting to watch. I think lots of folks bv watch this hearing this morning have been surprised by the certainty youre expressing around the 7n science. You used the word consensus. Ti z ill try to parse into that a little more. That can be 80 20 or 90 10. Tell me how much science there is that would refute your position with respect to the materiality of genetically engineering food being safe . ipr t hahp hc again, as a class, that theres any question about safety. Based on the row ev ....
Will implement. Last fewen much of the weeks reviewing. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General warning on smoking. A halfcentury later, your thoughts and how you view the federal governments role in smoking and other healthrelated issues. Thats our question for the first 45 minutes. Our phone lines are open. The numbers are on your screen. Host you can also join us on twitter or facebook. Or you can send us an email. Log on to the department of health and Human Services, this is what the report looks like 50 years later. Commemorating the 50th anniversary on the Surgeon Generals warning on smoking. Dr. Terry luther laid the foundation. Through the efforts of Tobacco Control professionals, work has moved forward 50 years later. If you want ....
And a german chancellor on the machall talking Climate Change in iceland a country that just said farewell to a glacier that simply melted away. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us social media platforms twitter and facebook have shut down accounts targeting the prodemocracy movement in hong kong those platforms said the accounts were part of a Chinese Government does Information Campaign aimed at groups and individuals twitter has suspended some 200000 accounts and plans to ban advertisements from state run media facebook has also taken action it has also closed a number of accounts some of the posted images showed protesters as cockroaches and terrorists. Or posts on social media platforms are just one of part of beijings propaganda war heres a look at what state run t. V. Is doing to get the govern ....