First of all, we saw what happened when the government was backstopping the fund under the status quo system, when bad days didn't really come along too often in the last number of decades and there was no requirement for the federal government to contribute to backstop the fund. However, when the sun was shining and it was generating large surpluses, we saw what happened; the fund was depleted.
From my perspective and that of our members, we don't want to see that happen again. There has to be a balance here. If the government wants to continue to backstop the fund, it has to take the good with the bad and not be dipping into the fund to take surpluses from employers and employees and use them for purposes other than what they were collected for.