So we do not have anything from the National Academy of Sciences, for example, or anything from the National Institutes of Health? We do not have anything from any of the relevant agencies or departments that would say to us that this 100-millirem standard is one that meets some scientific test; is that correct?
Questioning the scientific basis for a proposed 100-millirem standard.
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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.
We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.
I would just say in this whole area of lifetime income options, there is a tremendous opportunity here.
Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.
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