Simpson and Bowles Keep Pushing With New Deficit Plan

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are at it again. Their broad deficit-reduction proposal failed to catch on following its release in December 2010, but the two have remained vocal about the nation's fiscal future. In a recent op-ed at Politico, they called the recent, year-end tax deal "pitiful," and urged serious, long-term reforms. Read more: Sequestration: DC's Weird Idea of a Cut Now, they're pushing a re-hashed plan to slow the nation's debt growth and put it on a more stable path,...Full Story