On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
If anybody thinks this stuff is just numbers on a page, they are in for one hell of a surprise.
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congress.govIf anybody thinks this stuff is just numbers on a page, they are in for one hell of a surprise.
Kent Conrad warns against underestimating the seriousness of economic issues.
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We very much see it as a package. That is the way it was negotiated, and this was a difficult negotiation to get 18 of the 19 to agree representing all points on the political spectrum.
We tried to include some of these ideas in our Social Security reform package, to actually provide incentives in the system for people to continue to work.
We create a basic minimum benefit that will apply to about 10 percent of Social Security.
Organize and educate I think are the two keys to getting anything big through Congress.