the number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.
We want to work in a bipartisan way on both of the big issues of our time.
That is unacceptable that we would be in that position.
I just want to make it clear that my door is open.
We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.
I said everybody has got to pay their fair share. No special exemptions for billionaires.
So is that basic structure that he accurately described, is that a flaw or is that a future?
We want to derail this ill-advised House proposal to not make things worse.
the ultra-wealthy are avoiding those $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.
the question for the Congress and for the Senate is do we want to take the steps that the Chairman outlined
Is it smarter for us to fix that now and have 11 years in which we boost the Trust Fund?
The American people do not want to see that happen to the Social Security guarantee.
it would make it harder to do the bipartisan work on overpayments that we talked about in the Finance Committee.
If Republicans want to come up with a proposal that restores solvency while avoiding benefit cuts, as the standing ovati...
Social Security is only part of the structure in which we help with retirement, and more affluent Americans benefit enor...
It makes a lot of sense to me, and I encourage all of us to actually act now, rather than waiting.
