Kent Conrad: “You make the taxpayer four times as worse off as you make the government better off.”

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

We ought to reestablish this benefit for survivors and those affected by disability.

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 thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.