WASHINGTON - Democrat Erskine Bowles, who co-chaired the White House's deficit-reduction panel last year, predicted Wednesday evening that 35 to 40 additional U.S. senators would back a deficit reduction plan being drafted by a group of lawmakers known as the "Gang of Six."
"I think the Gang of Six is our best hope," he said during a conference call hosted by a group called "No Labels," which says it represents Democrats, Republicans and Independents who want lawmakers to work together to promote change in Washington. WSJ
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The whole nonsense part of both Bowles and Chait is their assumption that things go back to the way they are, DC on autopilot. Chait gets his regular flow of entitlement checks and Bowlses gets DC government the way he thinks it will exist forever, including grants to his college.
Things aren't going back to their Religion, things are forever with Congress budgeting on a three week basis. At this point, having gotten these politicians to actually sit down on a weekly basis and manage the budget is nothing short of a miracle, and I think the American voter will soon come to realize all the advantages. The main advantage, is no citizen is fooled into believing in the entitlement fairy. The Internet has hit the Senate, they will never again be allowed to run on autopilot.
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