House Republicans: Bring Back Simpson-Bowles

By: alanjoelny (Diary)  |  January 1st at 07:00 PM  | 

Perhaps the House Republicans need to consider reviving the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles package as their Republican bargaining strategy. Though the package isn’t perfect – Republicans cringe at the tax increases while Democrats despise the spending cuts – in many ways, it certainly is more reasonable than the offer currently on the table (a true “balanced approach”). The virtues of Simpson-Bowles right now are that it includes | Read More »