Former Senator Simpson Blasts Critics as “Jerks”
February 06, 2011 at 22:38 PM EST
Any fiscal plan that fails to tackle military spending, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is “a sparrow’s belch in the midst of a typhoon,” former Senator Alan Simpson, chairman of a presidential deficit-reduction commission said in an interview aired on Sunday. Simpson, Republican co-chair of the NCFRR, also trashed certain critics as “jerks” and compared [...]