Like every presidential budget, President Obama's recent submission is unlikely to pass in its entirety. Even so, his blueprint offers a deeper look at the administration’s policy priorities. Justin King and Josh Freedman break down the budget’s proposals for encouraging asset-building and economic growth for average Americans. And they address the week’s big question: What happens next? They discuss the president's controversial social security proposals in the podcast - and why they think he's got the wrong plan. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.

In a sensible proposal released by the New America Foundation, Michael Lind, Steven Hill, Robert Hiltonsmith and Joshua Freedman call for adding a supplement to Social Security that would guarantee all retirees about 60 percent of their average wage in ...

In an important political blueprint for sensible reform released by the New American Foundation, Michael Lind, Steven Hill, Robert Hiltonsmith and Joshua Freedman call for adding a supplement to Social Security that would guarantee all retirees about ...

But this week’s #TCFBest winner goes to Josh Freedman’s Reuters piece on expanding Social Security coverage. In a new paper from the New America Foundation, Freedman, Michael Lind, Steven Hill, and Robert Hiltonsmith propose “increasing the public portion of the American retirement system.” Specifically, they suggest...

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