Kent Conrad: “Reserving the right to object, I am fine with that if we would have that time added on our side as well.”

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.

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.

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

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.