Watch the Livestream: Securing Social Security's Future

Americans work hard and pay into Social Security. If Washington doesn't take action, in ten years it could be cut by 20%. It's time for both parties to come together and agree on a bipartisan solution.

AARP South Dakota, along with our colleagues from AARP Iowa and AARP Nebraska, recently held a bipartisan forum about the future of Social Security.

Speakers:

Max Richtman, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare
Max Richtman is one of the nation’s leading advocates for Social Security and Medicare — and a prominent expert on seniors’ issues. He has served as President and CEO of NCPSSM since 2011, after joining the organization in 1989.  He is a former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill. Max has testified before House and Senate committees and provided expert commentary during appearances on CNN, C-Span, FOX, MSNBC, CBS and Pacifica radio networks. He has participated in hundreds of Congressional Town Hall meetings across the country and has been a featured speaker at national and state conferences on aging.

Romina Boccia, Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy, CATO Institute
Romina Boccia is director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, where she specializes in federal spending, budget process, economic implications of rising debt, and Social Security and Medicare reform. Boccia was previously director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at the Heritage Foundation, where she was the principal author of the organization’s flagship budget plan: Blueprint for Balance. She has more than a decade of experience researching, analyzing, and communicating complex issues related to federal budgeting, government debt, and entitlement program design. She's testified before Congress and guided federal executive and congressional budget plans and related legislation.