Kent Conrad: “We have seen some progress made--in fact, important progress made.”

We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.

If you had to reduce it to a word, I would reduce it to 'globalization.'

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

The new improvised system was not adequate.