On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
We are on an unsustainable course, and we have an obligation, we have a very serious and somber obligation to come up with a plan and to do it sooner rather than later.
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congress.govWe are on an unsustainable course, and we have an obligation, we have a very serious and somber obligation to come up with a plan and to do it sooner rather than later.
Conrad emphasizes the urgent need for a sustainable budget plan.
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This Retirement Security Plan structure that we have suggested I think would go a long way toward dealing with these issues.
I would just say our Retirement Security Plans and our Retirement Security Clearinghouses are responding to the underlying dynamic that Professor Mead has done such a good job in describing.
The bottom 20 percent of earners get a 35-percent increase over what is scheduled, a more than 60-percent increase over what is payable.