Alan Simpson

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  Social Security Reform Proposal From 2010 Gets Second Look

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  Following the supercommittee’s failure to make recommendations on how to reduce the deficit, the Urban Institute released on Monday a paper analyzing the potential effects of the Commission’s recommendations should they be enacted.

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  Bowles, Simpson Warning: Deficit Committee Must Cut More Than $1.2 Trillion

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2011

  The two co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform warned lawmakers on Tuesday that any deal to reduce the federal budget deficit by no more than $1.2 trillion would “merely delay” the nation’s fiscal problems.

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  Obama Budget 'Falls Short' of Ryan, Fiscal Commission Proposals, Bipartisan Report Says

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2011

  Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says President’s deficit-reduction framework 'falls short' of competing budget plans

• TD Ameritrade Conference: Simpson, Bowles Offer Straight Talk on Debt Reduction

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2011

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  Obama Deficit Reduction Panel Releases Revised Report; Final Vote Delayed

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2010

  The co-chairs of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission released Wednesday a revised version of their plan to reduce the burgeoning deficit by $3.8 trillion through 2020, and also delayed the final vote until Friday.

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  Five Crucial Tax Issues for Wealthy in Deficit Reduction Plan

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  November 12, 2010

  How the commission's plan for taxes impacts high-net-worth investors.

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  Deficit Commission's Proposals Blasted by Retirement Plan Officials

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 11, 2010

  Retirement planning officials sharply objected to the deficit reduction draft report that was released Wednesday by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

• Guilt-Free Footprints

  By Gregory Taggart  |  January 1, 2008

  In March 2007, Alan Simpson, a member of the British House of Commons, stood up to criticize carbon offsets, arguing that they had no place...