Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conradis a former United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee for twelve years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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The Congressional Budget Office tells us by 2052, Social Security could meet only 78 percent of its obligations. Medicare is in even worse shape. The shortfall in Medicare is eight times the deficit in Social Security. But the president has no plan to deal with that. The truth is, we need to confront all these challenges sooner rather than later.
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I believe they have an affirmative obligation to come up with spending cuts or new revenue to prevent us from raiding the Medicare and Social Security trust funds,
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This nation is about to be hit with a tidal wave of new retirees. In just six years, the baby boomers will begin to retire. The demands on Social Security and Medicare will be dramatically increased, ... This is no time to divert Social Security and Medicare funds to other purposes.
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His tax cut is so big that he leaves no money to pay for a new prescription drug benefit without using the Medicare trust fund,
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My own view is that we ought to protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, then, with what is left, have significant tax cuts.
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It's clear to me that the majority of people I represent and the majority of the American people support his nomination.
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It will make tax controversies more expensive, more intrusive and more inconvenient for taxpayers.
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While this year's deficit will be lower than last year's record shortfall, the improvement is likely to be short-lived. Declarations of victory over budget deficits only distract from the disturbing long-term budget outlook,
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You can imagine the pressure that's on him, the things that are being suggested to him.
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As the news this morning of increased joblessness and earlier reports of exploding deficit and debt reveal, the president's economic policy is a disaster. Obviously, the secretary of the treasury and Mr. Lindsey are being sacrificed to protect the president. Sadly, the removal of these economic officials will do nothing if they are simply replaced with yes-men committed to the president's relentlessly partisan agenda of pushing tax cuts at the expense of all else.
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You don't just stick with the same old plan when something of this consequence occurs.
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It would perhaps be better if someone had experience as a judge, but I don't consider the fact that she has not had experience to be disqualifying, ... She has important legal experience and enjoys a good reputation.
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This confirms that the Bush economic plan is not working,
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This administration not only owes the country an honest budget, but a frank dialogue about the serious fiscal challenges that lie ahead.