Kent Conrad actually said...

Overwhelmingly, they say this is their biggest concern--their retirement security, and, overwhelmingly, they want us to act.

There is a societal cost that is sort of hidden, isn't there?

It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.

We had literally hundreds of people and groups come before this commission. We listened intently for all sides on how we could fix these cha...