You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the single most important thing we could do, we focused on those things we thought we could reach agreement on.
Discussing the challenges of reaching consensus on Social Security reform.
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What is realistic is to deal with these changes in a way that does expand access, that does expand the opportunity for people to participate in a retirement plan at work.
If we are going to provide tax incentives for people to have retirement savings, then it should not be used as a piggy bank to pay for other things.
We all know that Social Security is going to have to be dealt with, or we are going to face by 2034 at the latest--many of us believe it will be earlier than that---an across-the-board 23-percent cut.
Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.
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