Kent Conrad: “I am still stunned that the President would ask us to spend $1 trillion.”

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

The new improvised system was not adequate.

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.

Forty-six percent of the American people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair.