"The Moment of Truth" or the Simpson-Bowles Report by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Circa 2010
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The Nashville Business Journal covered a story on Apr 12th about U.S. Rep Jim Cooper discussing his attempt to get a Congressional vote on his Simpson-Bowles inspired...
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, who co-chaired President Obama's Deficit Reduction Commission, speak about the U.S. budget deficit.
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Alan Murray interviews Erskine Bowles about what would have happened if President Obama had embraced the Simpson-Bowles plan.
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Many have been working hard behind the scenes to bring the Simpson-Bowles report back into the American mind. Read the article below.
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Tim Pagliara was interviewed on WWTN's The Phil Valentine Show on March 22. Click below to listen!
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A group of Congressmen and women are backing the proposal for a bipartisan appraoch to the budget. Read the article below.
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Rep. Jim Cooper alongside Rep. Steven LaTourette devised a Simpson-Bowles Budget backed by four other Congressmen and women. Read about their efforts below.
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Today March 27th, Reps. Cooper and LaTourette filed a federal budget alternative based on the Moment of Truth. We are so pleased to hear that Reps. Cooper and LaTourette...
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This is an interesting article comparing the deficit reduction numbers of Obama and Ryan's plans to the Simpson-Bowles report. You can see that one of these plans...
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Tim Pagliara was interviewed by the Green Hills News' Associate Editor, Chris Brooks, about his efforts with Enact the Plan. You can read the front-page article from the...
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Here is a great tool created by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Use the link below to compare all the debt-reducing plans in discussion right now.
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"If the goal is stabilizing the debt in 10 years and lowering the deficit, there are only two plans: Simpson-Bowles and Ryan." Which one do you prefer?
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Paul Ryan's budget "does not really advance the ball in addressing the nation's fiscal challenges." Read the article below with quotes from our friend, Maya MacGuineas,...
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Here is a great summary that focuses solely on the tax issues put forth in the Commission's Moment of Truth plan...
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Want to know how to reach out to your Congress members about the Enact the Plan project and the Simpson-Bowles plan? Click the link below to find your representative. If...
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VoterTide, an Omaha technology startup holding its finger to the digital pulse of all things politics.
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the National Commission of Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, are still speaking about the power of the plan. They spoke...
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Watch the video below to hear Clint Eastwood praise the work of the Simpson-Bowles Commission and Alan Simpson's response to Eastwood's words and the Presidential budget...
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Even Warren Buffet wants to see the Simpson-Bowles plan voted on in Congress. Watch the video below to hear his views of the plan...
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