His Wall Street advisors wanted the conclusion that (R-WD) Erskine Bowles and (R) Alan Simpson predictably came up, which included benefit cuts for working Americans and lower tax rates for the wealthy.
Now, incredibly, the zombie commission has stirred in the form of a new bi–partisan conspiracy to allegedly address future Social Security shortfalls. You can bet right now that they won’t recommend making the wealthy pay their fair share by lifting the income cap on SS taxes. Democrat Dick Durbin, a prime mover of the conspiracy, n is now being advised on this project by–you guessed it–Erskine Bowles himself. Not surprisingly, Durbin voted to adopt the disastrous Simpson-Bowles proposals.