On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
When we talk about there being $78 billion in savings here on a net basis, you know, it is from an inflated baseline.
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congress.govWhen we talk about there being $78 billion in savings here on a net basis, you know, it is from an inflated baseline.
Conrad highlights misleading budget savings due to inflated baselines.
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I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.
We tried to include some of these ideas in our Social Security reform package, to actually provide incentives in the system for people to continue to work.
Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.