Alan Simpson

Jason Linkins

Morning Joe Praises Potty Talk Over Policy Talk

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Video, Simpson Bowles Commission, Social Security, Morning Joe, Media Criticism, Alan Simpson, Politics News

The Morning Joe crew got very excited today, because -- as you may already know -- former Sen. Alan Simpson (one of the titular heads of that whole ...

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Alan Simpson's Latest Foul-Mouthed Outburst

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.23.2012

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Former Sen. Alan Simpson is not happy with the California Alliance for Retired Americans. In an April letter full of bad language, the pugnacious ...

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WATCH: Alan Simpson Levels 'Hysteria' Criticism At Paul Krugman

Posted 05.16.2012

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Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator from Wyoming who co-chaired President Barack Obama's debt commission in 2010, took a swipe at one of his m...

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Will Democrats Embrace American Austerity? Crash This Party and See

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Austerity Watch, Bill Clinton, Fiscal Summit, Strengthen Social Security, Alan Simpson, An Economy for All, Chris Van Hollen, Pete Peterson, Austerity, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Maybe your invitation to billionaire Pete Peterson's "Fiscal Summit" got lost in the mail. Or maybe they really, really didn't want you there.

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CEO Backs Controversial Plan

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Simpson Bowles, Video, Erskine Bowles, Occupy Wall Street, Jamie Dimon, Alan Simpson, Occupy, Bowles Simpson, Politics News

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday backed the Simpson-Bowles proposal, which cuts entitlements, other spending and raises taxes to reduce the...

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Ryan Grim

Russ Feingold Challenges Pelosi

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Russ Feingold, Credo, Video, Simpson-Bowles, Nancy Pelosi, Elections 2012, Alan Simpson, Medicare, Social Security Works, Erskin Bowles, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A leading national progressive figure is taking a rare step on Thursday, challenging House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on ...

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Ryan Grim

Nancy Pelosi Says She'd Back Simpson-Bowles Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two progressive organizations have found themselves in the unusual position of being on the opposite side of House Democratic Leader Nan...

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The Bowles-Simpson Medicine Show Is Back in Town

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Deficit Commission, Alan Simpson, Jim Cooper, Erskine Bowles, Bowles-Simpson Rejected, Bowles-Simpson, Bowles-Simpson-Plan, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

As soon as one pitch ends, another begins. So this ain't over, folks, because every good medicine-show pitchman knows: You gotta keep on offering the crowd that "grand bargain" until you wear 'em down and they buy it.

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Simpson-Bowles Plan Dealt Huge Bipartisan Rejection

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House voted decisively late Wednesday to reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts to wring $4 trillio...

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Zach Carter

CEOs Embrace Tax Hike Plans Rejected By Paul Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A powerful coalition of corporate executives on Wednesday praised a deficit reduction plan that has long been maligned by GOP leaders fo...

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Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Bowles-Simpson Commission Report

Dean Baker | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Medicare, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget, Bowles-Simpson Report, Bowles-Simpson Commission, Business News
Dean Baker

Parents often find it useful to tell their children about non-existent creatures to instill habits of good behavior. It seems that many political leaders are going the same route.

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Alan Simpson Assails Santorum As 'Homophobic'

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, 2012 Elections, Santorum, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Alan Simpson, Election 2012, Politics News

Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wy.) weighed in on the Republican presidential primary on Wednesday, calling Rick Santorum "rigid and a homophobic." I...

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The American Business Community's Collective-Action Problem

Charles Kolb | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Mohamed El-Erian, Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Gillian Tett, Andrew Liveris, David Cote, Ceos, Business News
Charles Kolb

Many observers question whether today's business leaders have a heart when it comes to their role in the country's growing income disparity. A more appropriate question might be to ask whether they have a head.

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All Eyes On German Renewable Energy Efforts

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 02.28.2012

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FELDHEIM, Germany — This tiny village in a wind-swept corner of eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution. Yet environmentalists...

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A Fateful Weekend for U.S. Fiscal Stability

Bill George | Posted 01.22.2012

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Bill George

The fate of the fiscal stability of the United States was sealed on the weekend of December 4-5, 2010.

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Super Committee Supercollides Over Taxes for Rich

Meredith Bagby | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Supercommittee, Erskine Bowles, Alan Simpson, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Politics News
Meredith Bagby

Thus far, the Committee has been largely secretive about negotiations. What we do know comes from leaks and this week's first public hearings.

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Killing Us Softly

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Robert Rubin, Medicare Retirement Age, Alice Rivlin, Alan Simpson, Austerity Economics, Go Big Letter, Erskine Bowles, Laura Tyson, Deficit Commission, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

We're seeing the demonization of the victim everywhere. It's in the public hatred for underwater homeowners and now reaches to the highest halls of power in both parties, where we told that helping struggling homeowners would be "rewarding the undeseverving."

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Senator Rubio's Fact-Phobic Social Security Speech

Merton Bernstein | Posted 11.06.2011

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Merton Bernstein

Senator Rubio's recent speech on Social Security was political fun and games. If we take it as serious analysis and policy prescription, millions of Americans and the economy would pay a terrible price.

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Republican Rift: Big Business vs. Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.09.2011

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Peter Dreier

The tension between the two wings of the GOP rose to the surface during the recent battle over the debt ceiling, which then exploded into a war of words between former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist, head of the right-wing outfit, Americans for Tax Reform.

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Deficit Hysteria: Washington's War on the Young

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Medicare, Deficit Commission, Alan Simpson, Austerity Economics, Social Security, Erskine Bowles, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The inevitable result of austerity economics would be a plan to hand the next generation a nation with crumbling infrastructure, collapsing government services, and bleak economic prospects. It's an all-out assault on the future of the young.

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The Beatification of Senator Simpson

Dean Baker | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Budget Deficit, Alan Simpson, Social Security, Media News
Dean Baker

A crucial question that the public should be asking the pundits and press is: how often does Alan Simpson have to be wrong, and how far from the mark does he have to go, before he loses credibility?

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Thanks, Grover

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Taxes, Pete Peterson, Tax Expenditures, Alan Simpson, Grover Norquist, Federal Budget Deficit, Paul Ryan, Politics News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Every Republican has signed an "oath" with Grover Norquist not to pass new taxes. If a Republican crosses that line, they bring on the Norquist Inquisition, which labels them an heretic and burns them at the polls.

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Zach Carter

Former GOP Lawmaker Still Confused About Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Debt, Deficit, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Alan Simpson Deficit, Budget, Catfood Commission, Aarp, Obama, Alan Simpson, Grover Norquist, Alan Simpson Social Security, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) demanded cuts in Social Security Wednesday while lashing out at Republican strategist Grover Norquist,...

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Taxing Medicare

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alan Simpson, Vouchers, Medicare, Simpson-Bowles, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Some in Congress, mostly Republicans, want to reduce the healthcare portion of our deficit by having Medicare recipients pay more. Some might even re...

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Ryan Grim

WATCH: Alan Simpson Attacks Social Security, AARP

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Video, Social Security, Erskine Bowles, Investment Company Institute, Aarp, Obscene Gesture, Alan Simpson, Deficit Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Alan Simpson’s cold relationship with AARP is no secret, but the former Republican Senator from Wyoming took it to a new level Friday....

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