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Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future : A Debate
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Commitments made to senior citizens decades ago failed to foresee the harsh economic realities of the present. Do expensive government programs saddle our children with unmanageable debt, asking th...
Commitments made to senior citizens decades ago failed to foresee the harsh economic realities of the present. Do expensive government programs saddle our children with unmanageable debt, asking them to sacrifice their future for the sake of the elderly? Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid were created to provide a social safety net. But if we cut these programs, are we balancing the budget on the backs of the aged and sick, leaving behind society's most vulnerable members?
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- Creator
- Intelligence Squared
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2011
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- 1 streaming video file (100 min.) : sd., col
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- data file
- OCLC
- ocn890211057
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on August 01, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Part of the series Intelligence Squared.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Intelligence Squared U.S. (4:18) -- Debate "Housekeeping" (2:12) -- For the Motion: Mort Zuckerman (8:23) -- Against the Motion: Jeff Madrick (7:48) -- For the Motion: Margaret Hoover (8:03) -- Against the Motion: Howard Dean (7:10) -- Reducing Social Security Benefits (7:46) -- Social Security Insolvency Rhetoric (3:42) -- Healthcare Entitlement (5:45) -- Reforming Medicare (4:29) -- QA: Lowering Healthcare Costs (3:24) -- QA: Youth Involvement (1:56) -- QA: Improving Senior Health (2:40) -- Fixing Social Security (2:01) -- QA: Social Security Trust Fund (2:06) -- QA: Social Security Reforms (3:40) -- QA: Social Security Economic Impacts (3:07) -- QA: Partisanship and Benefits (5:21) -- QA: Protecting Social Security (3:17) -- QA: Solving Benefits (2:05) -- Closing Statement Against: Jeff Madrick (2:37) -- Closing Statement For: Mort Zuckerman (2:19) -- Closing Statement Against: Howard Dean (2:16) -- Closing Statement For: Margaret Hoover (2:30) -- Audience Vote Results (4:48) -- Credits: Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future: A Debate (0:39)