Social Security Part 10: Parsing the Pain

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
President Bush’ new proposal for Social Security involves cutting benefits for all but the poorest of future retirees. Do his ideas offer a fair solution to a looming solvency crisis or, as some Democrats claim, unfairly target the middle class? Plus: Francine Prose on her new novel about neo-Nazis, organized philanthropy and trying to do good in the world.

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