Published December 03, 2012, 12:00 AM
Column: The bare truth about the 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — Debt fighters Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, dining with reporters Wednesday morning, discussed a White House official’s admission that the nation’s fiscal problems won’t be solved by a “naked” tax increase alone, without spending cuts. “I asked, ‘Is that the same thing as nekkid?’” recounted Bowles.By: Dana Milbank, Worthington Daily Globe
