It is simply incontestable that we need to do this, and we think that Congress will do it because they recognize the urgency and significance of this vote.
If I understand you correctly, your primary reason for shunning equities is that the incontestable need for baby boomers to liquidate their retirement savings over the next few decades while fewer young savers come in to take their place will necessarily put massive pressure on equity prices.
But what seems incontestable, and a point on which Mr Schmalensee chooses not to dwell, is that even if Microsoft is acquitted of the charge of anti-competitive behaviour, its practices have already been tamed not just by conditions in its markets but also, directly and indirectly, by the antitrust regulators.