Kent Conrad actually said...

It lifts the bottom. It asks those of us at the top to take a little less of an increase than we might have expected.

Conrad explains how the proposal makes the system more progressive.

09/06/2016

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That is totally unsustainable.

Congress has failed to balance our budgets and stop our rapidly-climbing debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit last year, over $12 trillion in terms...

The systemic risk is the Congress. It is that simple.

I think if any structure that is put in place that does not assure an up or down vote on the recommendations is highly unlikely to succeed.