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The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (often called Simpson"Bowles or Bowles"Simpson from the names of co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; or NCFRR) was a bipartisan Presidential Commission on deficit reduction,[1] created in 2010 by President Barack Obama to identify "policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and to achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run".[2] The 18-member Commission, consisting of 12 members of Congress and six private citizens,[3] first met on April 27, 2010.[4] A report was released on December 1,[1] recommending a combination of spending cuts (including an increase in the Social Security retirement age and cuts to military, benefit, and domestic spending) and tax increases (including restricting or eliminating certain tax credits and deductions and increasing the federal gasoline tax).[3
Jeff isn't really good at defending the indefensible is he?? Giggles
