Powered by Ethical Electric nSupport clean energy and independent media here: https://ethicalelectric.com/Partners/WeActRadionnAmericans who...
Powered by Ethical Electric nSupport clean energy and independent media here: https://ethicalelectric.com/Partners/WeActRadionnAmericans who will retire in the coming decades face a confluence of factors that threaten their income security. Disappearing employer pensions, a 401(k) and IRA system that fails to provide meaningful retirement income to most Americans, stagnating wages, rising health and long-term care costs, and the continued phasing-in of cuts to Social Security. According to the National Retirement Risk Index, over half of American households are at risk of downward social mobility in retirement--nearly two-thirds when health and long-term care costs are taken into account. This figure is expected to rise further in coming decades.nnRather than proposing measures to address the retirement income crisis, many in Congress are seeking to exacerbate it by cutting Social Security. Yet a sober analysis of the policy options available to address the retirement income crisis suggests that Social Security should be expanded, not cut, as part of any policy response to the crisis.nnJoin some of the country's top experts on retirement security for a discussion of the retirement income crisis and Social Security's role in tackling it.nnRSVP HerennWednesday, October 30, 2013nnHart Senate Office Building, Room 902nn9 AM Welcome and opening remarksnnPanel 1) 9:15 to 10:15 AM: U.S. Retirement Income Crisisnn--Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institutenn--Diane Oakley, Executive Director, National Institute on Retirement Securitynn--Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center on Economic and Policy ResearchnnPanel 2) 10:15 to 11:15 AM : Social Security as the Solutionnn--Theodore Marmor, Professor emeritus, Yale Universitynn--Nancy Altman, Co-Director, Social Security Worksnn--Damon Silvers, Policy Director, AFL-CIOnn--Rich Fiesta, Director of Government and Political Affairs, Alliance for Retired AmericansnnPanel 3) 11:15 to 12:15 PM: Plans to Expand Social Securitynn--Eric Kingson, Professor of Social Work, Syracuse University, Co-Chair, Strengthen Social Security Campaignnn--Zach Schecter-Steinberg, Economic Policy Advisor, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensionsnn--Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions,nn--Eva Dominguez, Executive Director, Latinos for a Secure Retirementnn--Dan Adcock, Director of Government Relations and Policy, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and MedicarennPanel 4) 12:30 to 1:30 PM : The Retirement Income Crisis and Social Security: Translating Popular Will into Actionnn--Nancy Leamond, Executive Vice President, State and National Group, AARP --Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partnersnn--Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partnersnn--Adam Green, Co-Founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committeenn--John Burbank, Executive Director., Economic Opportunity Institute; Co-Founder, Social Security Works, Washington Statenn--Allegra Baider, Deputy Director for Public Policy, Center for Community Changenn1:30 PM Press Conference with Senators and House of Representatives Members supportive of expanding Social SecuritynnnSubscribe to We Act Radio for more: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=weactradiodcnnIf you liked this clip from We Act Radio, please do us a big favor and share it with your friends... and hit that "like" button! Less
