Kent Conrad: “The enemy of economic expansion in this country is the Federal Government, especially the way it has been pursuing…”

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

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.

There is going to be a 23-percent cut across the board by 2034.

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.