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Mainstream values he is. not only for america, but for alaska. >> and i think there's no question that most americans support the social security program. >> one of the most popular programs ever. >> i don't think that's in doubt. my question is are the candidates who say these things, are they tapping into a voter sense that, you know what, in the past couple of years i've had to make so many tough choices. maybe i'm sending my kids to a state school, i have to cancel vacations. i have to make tough choices and they don't in washington. >> you hear about all programs of privatizing social sec...

What now? if you come to washington and have a social security program, you have millions of americans who depend on it, what do you do to change it? >> my parents are dependent on it. their primary source of income comes through social security. the primary health care provisions come through healthcare. this is not joe miller comes to d.c. and social security is gone. what joe miller does do is get the government back from the fiscal brink, back from bankruptcy, so we can ensure the contrasts we've made with our seniors, that we can honor those. we are talking about shifting those dramatical...

Date, and i'm 43, paid into the social security system, i frankly don't expect to see much of that because the government's stolen from me. i think most americans recognize that system's broken and they understand there has got to be a change longer term, to ensure you can have something when you do retire, rather than depend on these ious that aren't going to be worth much. >> i want to deliver a statement, you tell me if it's fair. joe miller says anybody in the system or close to the system is fine. we won't do anything significant to change your benefits. how about an american born tomorro...

That seems to be the worst thing you can call somebody the colorado running. ken buck has the support of tea party activists in this state. some of the issues that have come up in this race, the social security program has been called a ponzi scheme. there's been talk about ending it and privatizing social security altogether but the run of the reasons is because gender has gont it into. jane norton ran an ad against ken buck says he's not man enough because he let an outside group run ads on his behalf. he hit back saying voters should go for him because he doesn't wear high heels. he laughed...

Then we take this major hit in the stock market, but yet at the same time you talk to the fortune 500 companies, these big companies out there, general motors, ford among them, we can't afford these expensive, you know, retirement packages anymore. >> right. >> to what do we do? >> right. so we've had this more self-directed approach, and it just hasn't played out. i think what it points to really in a very big way is the importance of social security, which, of course, is in the news right now. but social security for most americans is going to be maybe 40% of income and retirement. from my p...