Then we go to Senator Lott. Maybe that helps, for the information of our colleagues, as we try to go through this bill with some efficiency as we get toward the end of this day. We will close, by prior agreement, at 8 o'clock.
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The bottom 20 percent of earners get a 35-percent increase over what is scheduled, a more than 60-percent increase over what is payable.
Things are changing very rapidly, and it presents us with a requirement to change how we envision retirement as well.
We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.
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.
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