Plan For America

Dr. Daniel Hall #22

Dr. Daniel Hall is the dean of the business school at High Point University in North Carolina.  High Point bills itself as the premier life skills university in the nation, and Dr. Hall shares some of the innovative things the university is doing.  As a college professor, he shares a matrix of how he evaluates Plan For America in comparison with the existing system.  How does Plan For America stack up?

Idanna Appio #21

We have long thought that mutual fund managers are the rock stars of the financial services industry because they get to manage the largest chunks of money.  We were therefore thrilled to have Idanna Appio, the portfolio manager for First Eagle Income Builder Fund as our guest.  In the first half of the episode, she sheds light on some current investment strategies she is using as well as a general outlook on the economy.  In the second half, we discuss Plan For America as a potential solution to a sovereign debt crisis which, in Appio's opinion, is the most serious type of financial crisis a nation can face.

Vance Ginn #20

Dr. Vance Ginn is a noted economist who has worked at the state and national levels.  From Texas, he served the Texas Public Policy Institute, and nationally he worked in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Washington, DC.  As someone who is very concerned with government debts and deficits, we wanted his opinion on Plan For America and how it can address those problems.

Phil Cusa #19

Phil Cusa has been a healthcare administrator for over 40 years.  In the first half of the episode, Phil gives us an overview of the current state of healthcare in the U.S. and why it needs fixing.  The second half explores how some of the specific provisions of Plan For America could help solve those problems.

Saul Anuzi #18

One of the greatest challenges in addressing the problem of unfunded Social Security obligations is getting current retirees on board.  Saul Anuzis is the President of 60-Plus, a senior advocacy group, so we thought he would be an excellent guest to weigh in on the topic.  Doing nothing about Social Security, as both major political parties seem to advocate, means massive benefit cuts within a decade so that path is unsustainable.  The key in Saul's view is a public-private partnership that gives retirees access to market returns with a government guarantee, and that is exactly what Plan For America is proposing.