The Washington Post
April 15, 2013
AP: Court decision is a victory for media, public in age of misinformation
ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent court ruling that an Internet news clipping service infringed on the use of Associated Press content is a victory not only for the media but for the public, the news cooperative’s CEO said Monday at the AP’s annual meeting.
for their money.
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Denver Business Journal
April 12, 2013
You think sequestration is tough? Watch for lenders’ ‘tipping point’
You think the cuts from sequestration are painful? Just wait until “the tipping point” when the people who are buying U.S. debt want more money for their money.
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Politico.com
February 19, 2013
Report: New Alan Simpson-Erskine Bowles plan
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the wise men of Washington whose deficit-reduction plan has become a frequently invoked Washington shibboleth over the past two years, are releasing a new plan Tuesday, hoping to split the difference between President Barack Obama and House Republicans.
The new plan from Bowles, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, and Simpson, a former GOP senator from Wyoming, would reduce the deficit by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to POLITICO’s Playbook. House Republicans want to cut it by $4 trillion, while the White House has set a $1.5 trillion goal.
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The Wall Street Journal
February 19, 2013
Simpson and Bowles Offer Up Deficit Fix
WASHINGTON—Deficit hawks Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles on Tuesday proposed a detailed plan for rewriting the tax code and implementing deep new spending cuts, hoping to offer a path to compromise for Democrats and Republicans.
Messrs. Simpson and Bowles served as co-chairmen of the White House's 2010 deficit-reduction panel, which put together a bipartisan package of tax and spending changes that fell flat after the administration and congressional leaders took a look.
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CNBC
February 19, 2013
It's 'Go Big or Go Home' on Deficit Reduction: Simpson and Bowles
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson proposed a new tax plan on Tuesday in hopes of finding a middle ground between Democrats and Republicans on deficit reduction. If accepted, the plan crafted by the co-chairs of the deficit reduction committee would cut federal spending deeply and reduce the federal budget by $2.4 trillion over 10 years.
"We learned the hard way with our commission, the harder we made (the proposal), the more support we got. It's either go big or go home. This is pathetic," Alan Simpson told CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street.'
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TPM
February 19, 2013
Alan Simpson To Critics: ‘Read The Damn Report’
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), a deficit hawk who along with Democrat Erskine Bowles unveiled a new deficit plan Tuesday, dismissed critics who contend that his original eponymous budgetary proposal placed an undue burden on the least fortunate Americans.
Simpson said people should "read the damn report" and stop listening to partisans on the right and the left.
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CNN Money
February 19, 2013
New Bowles-Simpson deficit plan would cut $2.4 trillion
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson proposed a new
framework Tuesday to cut the country's debt by $2.4 trillion over the
next decade.
Bowles and Simpson were the co-chairmen of
President Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission in 2010, and their
recommendations came to serve as a yardstick for other debt-reduction
proposals.
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ourColoradoNews.com
January 22, 2013
Alan Simpson targets national debt in local stop
Pushing a plan to reduce the nation's debt, former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming made an exclusive stop in Centennial, mobilizing business and grassroots support for his Fix the Debt campaign.
Simpson spoke at the invitation of John Brackney, South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce president and co-chair of Fix the Debt's Colorado chapter.
CNBC
January 17, 2013
Alan Simpson: 'What Disgusting Fakery!' - CNBC
Former Senator Alan Simpson says if the U.S. doesn't cut its debt, the markets will eventually demand higher interest rates and the "little guy" will get the "green...
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Business Insider
January, 16, 2013
Alan Simpson Nails It On The Debt Ceiling
Alan Simpson was on yesterday, talking about the debt ceiling.
Calculated Risk has his comments. He nails it:
Maria Bartiromo: "Do you believe the GOP should be using the debt ceiling as leverage point to get the President to agree to the cuts?"
Alan Simpson: "I think that would be a grave mistake. I don’t think that would solve anything. I know they are going to try it, and how far you go with a game of chicken, I have no idea. But I can tell you … you can’t, you really can’t … This is stuff we’ve already indebted ourselves. If you’re a real conservative – a really honest conservative, without hypocrisy – you’d want to pay your debt.And that’s what this is, they are not running up anything new."
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CBS News
January 8, 2012, 12:00 a.m.
Radio interview on the fiscal cliff deal with Alan Simpson.
Listen to the interview here
Meet the Press
January 6, 2013
What do We do Now for the Economic Reform?
"I've been on a lot of commissions, and a lot of them worked. i was on the iraq study group. i did other things. the issue is, what happened in the past, that doesn't matter a whip, or who said what. it's what the hell do you do now? and right now, i can't imagine a worse place for Mitch Mc Connell. "
Today Show
January 6, 2013
Ex Senator on the Fiscal Cliff
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson discusses the new movement of Republicans abandoning staunch opposition to higher taxes and explains the YouTube video of him dancing to pop song "Gangnam Style" to show his commitment to avoiding the fiscal cliff.
Watch the segment on the Today.msnbc.msn.com
New York Times
November, 27, 2012
Now Touring, the Debt-Duo, Simpson Bowles
WASHINGTON — Theirs is an improbable buddy act that is making for unlikely entertainment from campuses to corporations on a most serious subject: the federal debt. The proof of their appeal: some business groups pay them $40,000 each per appearance. Really. To discuss budgets and baselines.
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