I thank the Senator. I thank him for the extraordinary work he has done on the Budget Committee. I thank him for the extraordinary work he has done as an individual Senator to propose bipartisan tax reform, bipartisan Medicare reform, and the kinds of thoughtful solutions we so desperately need. I see Senator Lautenberg is here. We are glad to have the Senator. How much time would the Senator like?
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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.
I would say to you, as I looked at this, I saw Social Security as the bedrock.
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.
I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.
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