… Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin and a plan offered by the president’s deficit commission led by retired Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles. this leaves obama twisting in the wind.
… trillion that the United States lost last year. It was political theater and did little to make a dent. Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson completed thoughtful bipartisan work on deficit reduction ( The Moment of Truth – December 2010). It is disappointing …
… the leadership of President Obama’s deficit reduction task force—that is, Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson —they have even received support from Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The task force hopes to get an agreement to cut …
Obama gets a boost from the co-chairmen of the deficit reduction committee, as Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson endorse the president's deficit reduction "outline" after a White House meeting, calling it a "solid, responsible plan." Post your comment!
… Jeffrey Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsbility with his co-chair former Sen. Alan Simpson (R.-Wyo.) (AP photo/Alex Brandon) (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Treasury has released a final statement for the …
… might be in other sectors of the economy. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, co-chaired by Alan Simpson , a former Republican senator from Wyoming, and Erskine Bowles, a former White House chief of staff to former president …
… deficit problem by using the Presidential Commission Proposal, commissioned by President Obama and led by Erskin Bowles and Alan Simpson as a starting point of negotiation. The economists include both Democrats and Republicans. Like the Bowles Simpson Commission …
… issued the warning in an open letter published by Politico. They say recommendations by budget watchdogs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson , arguing that the long-run federal budget deficit will pose a serious threat to the economy, need much more attention …
… then something unexpected happened. Last month, the commission’s co-chairs, Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson , released their own draft of a plan to sharply curtail the federal deficit through a combination of tax overhaul and spending …
The thread title is a quote from Alan Simpson , discussed here by Krugman. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinion/22krugman.html Central point: the …