Kent Conrad: “I think it has been inappropriate for the administration to raise the specter of a default on our debt.”

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.

There is going to be a 23-percent cut across the board by 2034.

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.

What is realistic is to deal with these changes in a way that does expand access, that does expand the opportunity for people to participate in a retirement plan at work.