Jessica Fore has announced her campaign to run for Congress in GA-10. In this episode, APN interviews Jessica about her opinions on a range of topics, from the filibuster to living wages to tackling climate change.
0:00 – Intro and a word about commission redistricting
1:24 – Jessica Fore campaign video
2:23 – Jessica Fore interview starts
7:28 – Jessica’s most important policy goal
9:23 – The filibuster
10:30 – Climate change
14:17 – Living wages and tax plan
18:54 – The country’s fiscal health
21:01 – PSA about the Social Security Trust Fund
23:32 – Getting involved in Jessica’s campaign
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3 thoughts on “Jessica Fore is running for Congress in GA-10 | APN Podcast #6”
Mr. Nerd,
You actually need to do much more work on the social security subject. It’s far less simplistic than “it’s all in bonds”.
It’s a ledger event and with a fuller understanding even of the concept of debt/”bonds”, etc.it does not mean the same as “it’s all in there”.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html
We disagree on this! From the perspective of a voter, it actually is this simple. There is no reason why SS benefits can’t be maintained or even increased in coming years. I said in this podcast that:
1 – SS money is completely safe, being held in a trust fund.
2 – There is about $2.8 trillion sitting in the trust fund currently, or at the time of recording.
3 – No money has ever been taken from the trust fund for nefarious purposes.
4 – Regardless of the health of the fund, we are owed SS payments by the federal government when we retire and we will be paid unless Congress renegs on its promises.
If you think otherwise, you may have been infected by a mental virus!
If you are making the point that, from the perspective of the SS administration it’s a bit more complicated than this and they have a lot more to think about, what you’re saying is definitely true. However, this point is irrelevant to voters and to what I was saying in the podcast. From our perspective, they just need to pay up when its time and if they don’t, we can and should vote in people who will.
If you’re making a theoretical point about “what is money?” or “what is debt?” — of course you are correct that there is actually no “money” “in” the “fund”, depending on how those terms are defined (and if that’s what you’re saying). I actually have a YouTube series on the history of money to discuss in long form questions exactly like this!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSVe5zYUMvAeGLoIBEISOA
So I am well versed in these issues and I intend to be exploring them in more depth. They’re just irrelevant to the question of how voters should perceive the SS trust fund. What is true to them is that the fund is fully stocked and completely safe. The government perceives this fund completely differently, but that fact isn’t relevant to voters.