Kent Conrad: “The only thing worse than being for this is being against it.”

We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.

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

What is going to happen to all the truck drivers of America when we have self-driving vehicles?

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.