Kent Conrad: “The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists…”

I would say personally I would not go to a company advising me on wealth management that did not have it because I think whoever is advising me ought to have as their highest responsibility to be giving me advice that is in my interest.

if we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.

Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.