Kent Conrad: “Had we not done what we did, I believe there would have been a global financial collapse.”

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

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.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.