Comments for There Was No Report from Bowles-Simpson Deficit Reduction Commission at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.cepr.net Sun, 26 May 2013 21:54:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/there-was-no-report-from-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-commission#comment-18985 Unfortunately, the media will continue to print the misinformation until someone gets seriously hurt, or at least embarrassed, in consequence. We can correct their errors until we're blue in the face, and nothing will change. - John M Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:34:12 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/there-was-no-report-from-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-commission#comment-18951 There was the plan favored by Bowles and Simpson that failed to get the approval of enough commission members. There was also the plan put forward by member Pat Schaowsky that did not get approved. http://schakowsky.house.gov/images/stories/1202_Schakowsky_Deficit_Reduction_Plan.pdf Funny that the press only mentions one of the plans when referring to Bowles-Simpson. - John Q Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:09:33 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/there-was-no-report-from-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-commission#comment-18945 Not to speak of the fact that the commission was stacked against progressive economics -- i.e., centrist economics, since it takes positions like don't mess with Social Security, give priority to jobs over the deficit, address the long-term deficit through growth and higher top tax rates on very high incomes, and improve the lot of the middle class that are accepted by the overwhelming majority of the population -- in the first place. The only pro-business economics is progressive economics, because it recognizes the central role of high demand for businesses to succeed. Right-wing and centrist economics are anti-business, and we should say so every chance we get. - urban legend Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:57:25 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/there-was-no-report-from-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-commission#comment-18931 The WaPo is deliberately misleading readers to give the BS plan credibility. Obviously if the WaPo told the truth that there was no commission report because the members could not agree on a plan, then BS would just be two guys telling the rest of us what to do with the economy. Not exactly credible or important, so the WaPo has to embellish it. No more excuses for these prevaricators. - Paul Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:45:36 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/there-was-no-report-from-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-commission#comment-18928 This mis-naming of the letter sent out by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson detailing their plan (and only their plan) for addressing the country's deficits and long-term debt is standard operating procedure for most of the media now, either because they're too lazy to explain that the authors do not represent agreement among the commission members or because they just don't care. Either way, practically the entire media is being disingenuous or downright dishonest. To quote Brad DeLong, "Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?" - S.D. Jeffries Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:10:08 +0100