I just want to go further on this point. It just strikes me there are those of us who very much want a balanced budget. I am in that camp. The Senator from West Virginia knows that I feel strongly that we ought to balance this budget; we ought to do it the right way.
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It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.
We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.
I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.
Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.
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