Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
“The idea of a grand bargain is at best on life support. It seems like both sides are beginning to retreat to their own talking points. This may be good politics, but it doesn’t put us any closer to having our fiscal house in order.”
— Erskine Bowles, quoted by Politico, while unveiling a new plan to cut the federal debt.
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