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Cavuto FoxBusiness 2/18/2013 Former Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue on what is needed to ensure that Social Security is sustainable over the long-term. _ Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com _ H/T Varney & Co Related: Obama Debt Commission Chair: President Close to Having ‘Failed Presidency’ Obama Debt Commision Co-Chair former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY): […] February 19th, 2013 | Tags: Alan Simpson, Bowles-Simpson report, entitlement reform, Erskine Bowles, FICA, Mark Levin, means testing, Michael Astrue, Neil Cavuto, small business, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Entitlements, Health Care, Taxes, Video | Comments are closed
Ezra Klein The Washington Post 12/4/2012 An important fact to keep in mind in the coming days: “The Bowles plan” that Speaker John Boehner endorsed is not the same as “the Simpson-Bowles plan.” Indeed, it’s not even the plan supported by its apparent namesake, Erskine Bowles, who insists that he was simply sketching out the […] December 7th, 2012 | Tags: Bowles-Simpson report, Erskine Bowles, gasoline tax, mortgage interest, Social Security, Speaker John Boehner | Category: Barack Obama, charities, Congress, Federal spending, Military, Taxes | Comments are closed
Alex Pappas The Daily Caller 12/4/2012 Paul Ryan addressed the fiscal cliff crisis on Tuesday, telling a Milwaukee radio host: “We’re nowhere. We’re farther than where we started.” In an interview with 620 WTMJ host Charlie Sykes, the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee said the fiscal cliff negotiations to stop automatic tax […] December 4th, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", "war on poverty", Bowles-Simpson report, Center for American Progress, class warfare, Democratic Socialists of America, free markets, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Mitt Romney, national debt, Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker John Boehner | Category: Barack Obama, Communism, Congress, Elections, Federal spending, George Soros, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
Patrick Caddell Breitbart.com Big Government 3 Dec 2012 In the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the Republicans are in desperate need of a game-changer. That is, the current dynamics in Washington DC are so bad right now for Republicans that they are likely to go off a political cliff. President Obama and the Democrats have always been […] December 3rd, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", Benghazi, Bowles-Simpson report, class warfare, debt ceiling, Grover Norquist, Presidential library, presidential power, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Separation of Powers, Speaker John Boehner, tax reform, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Politicians, sarah palin, Socialism, Taxes, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Neil Munro The Daily Caller 12/3/2012 White House sources are telling Democratic reporters that the president is willing to go over the so-called “fiscal cliff” if GOP leaders don’t agree to his demand for higher tax rates on the wealthy without substantive spending cuts. A political deadlock would mean an automatic tax increase for middle-class […] December 3rd, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", Bowles-Simpson report, class warfare, entitlement reforms, Medicare, national debt, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sheila Jackson Lee, Social Security, Speaker John Boehner | Category: Barack Obama, Cloward-Piven Strategy, Congress, Economy, Entitlements, Federal spending, Politicians, Taxes | Comments are closed
Tomer Ovadia Politico 8/17/2012 Former Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the Simpson-Bowles commision on debt and deficit reduction, on Friday called Paul Ryan “a spokesman of hard truth against fakery.” “He encourages me. Erskine [Bowles] and I felt he was one of the sharpest guys we dealt with,” Simpson said on Fox News. “He doesn’t […] August 18th, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", Alan Simpson, Bowles-Simpson report, Erskine Bowles, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, national debt, Rep. Paul Ryan | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, Economy, Elections, Entitlements, Federal spending, Politicians, unfunded liabilities | Comments are closed
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