Host Jay Ackroyd chats with LA Times Business Columnist Michael Hiltzik about his book "The New Deal: A Modern History" and the public understanding of  Social Security and /Medicare as 'safety net' for US citizens most in need, when they were intended to set citizen funds aside in a safe place where they can't be "lost" by private sector institutions in "panics" or "bank failures" or "bubbles" or "depressions."   Follow @LATimesHiltzik @JayAckroyd   Links http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-columnist-mhiltzik,0,3041600.columnist http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Michael-Hiltzik/39608033 http://books.simonandschuster.com/New-Deal/Michael-Hiltzik/9781439154489