That's why Commission co-chair Alan Simpson -- with his blunt contempt for Social Security and and other benefit programs (such as aid to disabled veterans) and his acknowledged eagerness to slash them -- has done the country a serious favor. His recent outbursts have unmasked this Commission and shed light on its true character. Unlike his fellow Commission members, who imperiously dismiss public inquiries into what they're doing as though they're annoying and inappropriate, Simpson -- to his genuine credit -- has been aggressively engaging critics, making it impossible to ignore what the Commission is really up to.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
In defense of Alan Simpson
by Glenn Greenwald from Salon. The author trains his sights on Obama's super-secret Deficit Commission whose findings will come out in December after the Fall elections. Its organizers are clearly out to slash all the social-welfare programs they can including Social Security and Medicare.