Kent Conrad: “Whatever you do, don't take these properties into Government hands.”

I would just say in this whole area of lifetime income options, there is a tremendous opportunity here.

You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the…

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

If you are really going to relieve me of the administrative burden, if you are going to really relieve me of the liability, if you are going to really relieve me of the cost other than the payroll transfer.