Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

from the political perspective, if you are a lobbyist for a big special interest and you go to the Appropriations Committee to get some spec...

to ask them to contribute a little bit more of the above $10 million salary to Social Security does not seem like asking a lot.

You have said before, Dr. Elmendorf, that health care is a very big part of our debt and deficit problem going out. Is that still true?

If less of America's income is subject to taxation than otherwise would be, the revenues for the program are less than they otherwise would ...