I believe that history will record the steps that were taken at the end of the Bush administration and the initial days of the Obama administration were absolutely critical to averting a financial collapse.
Conrad reflects on the importance of actions taken during the Bush and Obama administrations.
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It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.
Things are changing very rapidly, and it presents us with a requirement to change how we envision retirement as well.
Forty-six percent of the American people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair.
This Retirement Security Plan structure that we have suggested I think would go a long way toward dealing with these issues.
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