Kent Conrad actually said...

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

Conrad discusses a modest increase in payroll tax as part of the plan.

09/06/2016

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I think the public has hit a tipping point here, too.

The American people know there is waste in Government, and they expect us to do something about it.

The regular legislative process is simply not going to get it done.

We are trying to organize it so that in the end there has to be a bipartisan agreement.