We cannot very well have it both ways. You can't, on the one hand, decry not having budget discipline and a budget, and, on the other hand, oppose those very provisions. That is what this vote is about. It is a budget and it is budget discipline provisions. They are critically needed. I hope colleagues will support it.
Discussing the importance of budget discipline and provisions during a floor debate.
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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.
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.
Forty-six percent of the American people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair.
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.
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