Event: Real Change or Pocket Change? The High Stakes of Entitlement Reform for Young Americans (February 18, Washington, DC)

The Heritage Foundation will host an event tomorrow, Wednesday February 18, entitled "Real Change or Pocket Change? The High Stakes of Entitlement Reform for Young Americans." Here's the info; click here to register:

Date: February 18, 2009 Time:12:00 noon Speaker(s):

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Andrew Yarrow
Vice President and Director,
Washington DC Office,
Public Agenda

Followed by Commentaries from:

Stuart Butler
Vice President,
Domestic and Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Diane Lim Rogers
Chief Economist,
The Concord Coalition

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
Senior Fellow,
Roosevelt Institute,
and Social Insurance Research Assistant,
Economic Policy Institute

Ryan Lynch
National Director,
Students for Saving Social Security

Host(s): The Heritage Foundation Details:

Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium

Discussions of stimulus plans and government bailouts dominate the current political debate, but our most daunting fiscal challenge is the soaring cost associated with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  The unfunded obligations for these and other federal programs already impose a $175,000 debt burden on all Americans, which is seventy-five times greater than the recent federal bailout.  This debt grows every year, posing an even greater challenge to the health and vigor of the economy that young Americans stand to inherit.  For these reasons, it is critical that young Americans engage on this issue.

Join us for an intergenerational and bipartisan dialogue about America's fiscal climate and policy options for entitlement reform.