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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

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