There is a societal cost that is sort of hidden, isn't there?
Organize and educate I think are the two keys to getting anything big through Congress.
It is really very important. You know, what so make stakeholders told us is you have got to broaden this thing out.
You make very good points, by the way.
It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.
We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.
That I like to call the 'Conrad provision.'
I would say to you, as I looked at this, I saw Social Security as the bedrock.
You know, they are scared, and it makes them freeze.
I sense there is a feeling here that we have got to get some of these things done that are hanging out there.
The bottom 20 percent of earners get a 35-percent increase over what is scheduled, a more than 60-percent increase over what is payable.