Simpsons Social Security Video Rant Why Its Important

Alan Simpson is one of two chairs of a bipartisan commission created by President Obama to study the Federal deficit.

His comments reveal some very important things about his biases, his tendency to distort and mislead, and his ideological extremism. These traits are likely to taint the Commission's work, which has great implications for the future

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/rj-eskow/29604/simpsons-social-security-video-rant-why-its-important

Robert Creamer Progressives and the Deficit

It would be easy for progressives -- even with the best of intentions -- to fumble the growing debate on the federal deficit.

Here are six rules for how to approach the issue in the months ahead.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/progressives-and-the-defi_b_571347.html