Lynne Parramor via Alternet writes a passionate post on Pete Peterson, Alan Simpson, and Erskine Bowles regarding Social Security. Along the same vein comes this quote from John Kenneth Galbraith…

…service provider. The big mailers talk about the “failed business model.” Postal commentators going back to Murray Comorow and through Alan Robinson have talked about the ‘failed business model.” The…

…would go a bit further, based on statements from people like Alan Simpson, or Peter Peterson when he isn’t being careful, I think these people truly hate the poor and…

…DOGE suck up a lot of attention for doing what former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) did by needling “the boneheads of both parties,” and the late Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) did with his Golden Fleece Award: highlighting the…

…of the VA, introduced major eligibility reform. “In order to make the provision of care more logical, Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), then chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, insisted…

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label…

…ridiculous. But it does have the advantage of carrying with it the Madisonian Freedom/Liberty tag, a label that the Koch right confers upon anything it wishes, because that surely will…

…political debates, is a disagreement about how far to turn the knobs when adjusting policy; it does not seem to call for a separate ideological label. That said, Mr. Konczal…

…that: think twice about calling it “income” — even with the Haig-Simons tag attached. I’ve received almost-universal pushback on the “comprehensive income” label, even from the most enlightened (and progressive)…