Microsoft month. That might be a lucrative thing, to auction this off. That might be a way to solve the budget problem, instead of going to the 13-month plan the Republicans have, is to actually auction off a month. I think kind of the leading alternative, at least in my office, is ``Spendtember.'' That has gone over pretty well.
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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.
It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.
I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.
We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.
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