What's Scarier? The Debt Ceiling or Obama's Pick for Fed Chair? (Audio: Podcast)

Published: Oct. 11, 2013, 10:11 p.m.

As the latest showdown unfolds, should we be worried about the US defaulting on its debt? Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warns if Congress doesn't act, Social Security checks won't be mailed--so what happened to the $2.6 trillion Social Security Trust Fund Democrats have always defended? And why the president's nominee for Federal Reserve chairman may be the real threat to our long-term fiscal health.