I think you all realize that without Presidential leadership, we cannot do big things in this country.
It starts with agreement. It starts with agreeing on the figures.
Social Security over the next 30 years will pay out about $15 trillion more in benefits than it takes in the payroll tax.
You want an example of demagoguery? Paul Ryan puts forward a proposal on Medicare.
The first decade, CBO estimates about $9 trillion of deficit.
The entire net private asset base of America is $110 trillion.
The problem is, a U.S. Government bond is a liability to the Treasury.
We have done about 81 percent of Simpson-Bowles.
I actually decided I could afford to leave my business and run for the U.S. Senate.
we first have to lead by telling the truth and laying out the realities.
How about we incentivize and celebrate success rather than demonize and demagogue against it.