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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 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.

if we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.

the new improvised system was not adequate.