How many years does my colleague think it would take to eat up all the surplus and be right there ready to use the Social Security surplus if we increased that spending 14 percent a year for the next few years? How many years?
Questioning the impact of increased spending on the Social Security surplus.
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If indeed you intend to have a bipartisan solution, then obviously you have to do some of the things we are talking about, some give-and-take.
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But that is compared to current policy--current policy. If we would compare your plan to current law, it is actually a tax cut.
I want to say to all of you that what we have produced by way of a budget, a plan, should really be taken seriously by all of you.