Views from the Center

Yesterday, the two Fiscal Commission co-chairs, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, put forward their long-awaited draft proposal.  I was looking forward to seeing bold, creative ideas for getting America’s fiscal house in order.  I wasn’t disappointed.  They leave no sacred public cow untouched.  However, one thing nearly made me fall out of the chair.  These seemingly well-informed insiders want to shut down the O