Social Security Reform; Recommendations By The Port of Los Angeles and Mayor Hahn's Port Taksforce; Palestinian Elections; LACMA's Groudbreaking Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Social Security Reform
The President is proposing social security reform that would include a change from wage indexing to indexing for inflation, as well as letting workers save money in individual retirement accounts. Is this the best way to reform social security? Will this mean less money for Americans when they retire? Larry's guests are Max Sowickey, economist with the Economic Policy Institute and Rea Hederman, Manager of Operations in The Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
Recommendations By The Port of Los Angeles and Mayor Hahn's Port Taksforce
Mayor Hahn appointed a task force to help keep port emissions at 2001 levels. Despite efforts at cutting pollution, emissions levels have already surpassed 2001 levels—and they’re expected to dramatically increase if more is not done to control them. The mayor’s Task Force and other groups are working hard on how to clean up the ports without slowing down the regional economy. Larry's guests are Mark Pisano, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments and Gail Ruderman-Feuer, Senior Attorney at NRDC.
Palestinian Elections
Palestinians will go to the polls on Sunday to elect the new president of the Palestinian Authority. There are currently 8 candidates, with Mahmoud Abbas, also called Abu Mazen, in the lead. Host Larry Mantle discusses the upcoming election and its significance for both Israel and the Palestinian people with guests: Dr. Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine; Zvi Vapni, Deputy Consul General for the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles; and Laura King, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.
LACMA's Groudbreaking Arts and Crafts Exhibition
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is showcasing over 300 masterworks—including furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and works on paper—in the groundbreaking exhibition, “The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America, 1880-1920.” The show is the first of its kind to present the Arts & Crafts Movement in an in-depth and international context. Wendy Kaplan, LACMA’s Curator of Decorative Arts—and the curator for this exhibit—joins Larry to talk about this show, which runs through April 3rd.