Angie Craig: “Whether it is former Senator Bob Kerrey, Democrat from Nebraska, whether it is former Senator Pat Moynihan, Democrat…”

“Whether it is former Senator Bob Kerrey, Democrat from Nebraska, whether it is former Senator Pat Moynihan, Democrat from New York, whether it is Republican Larry Craig of Idaho or Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the reality is, we all understand we must act now, sooner rather than later, to recreate, strengthen, and ensure the future for a Social Security system that is good for my grandkids to put their money in, that is a sound investment that will yield for them a reasonable supplemental income in their retirement years. I am not alone in condemning the do-nothing plan. Our former colleague, Senator Bob Kerrey, from Nebraska wrote a letter to another former colleague, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, from New York, on the eve of his assuming the cochairmanship of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. He wrote: Dear Pat, In that I have a great and abiding interest in your success on the 2001 Social Security Commission and that I am willing to provide free advice, I offer the following two suggestions: 1. Start talking about the details of the most popular plan in Washington to fix Social Security. . . . It is called the do-nothing plan. The do-nothing plan discloses no details. . . . Citizens who want to know the rest of the details must look to the Social Security Trustees who will tell them this: The do-nothing plan proposes to cut benefits 25 to 33 percent by 2043.”