Ten former chairmen of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
called on politicians to get to work soon on reducing the federal budget
deficit, saying a plan crafted by fiscal commission appointed by
President Barack Obama should be "the starting point" for addressing
what they labeled a "severe threat" to the nation's economy.
The op-ed essay by six Republicans and four Democrats reflects a growing effort by former officials and others -- encouraged by the leaders of the fiscal commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson -- to pressure elected ... Continue reading this article by David Wessel in The Wall Street Journal.
