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Alan Simpson


The Lesser People

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Former Senator Alan Simpson, co-chair of the Debt Commission, has a rather unique point of view on senior citizens who receive social security payments.

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“In fact, all four significant Republican presidential candidates still standing are fiscal phonies. They issue apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of government debt and, in the name of deficit reduction, demand savage cuts in programs that protect the middle class and the poor.

March 1, 2012, in a column, “Four Fiscal Phonies,” about Romney's warning of a "Greece-style collapse" under Obama.