The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

SIMPSON, Alan and Erskine Bowles.

$200.00

Item Number: 117683

Washington, D.C:, 2010.

First edition of Simpson and Bowles’ final report on The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Alan Simpson on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas!! Alan Simpson.” In fine condition.

When former Sen. Alan Simpson first joined Erskine Bowles, former Clinton White House chief of staff, as co-chairs of a bipartisan commission created to find ways to reduce the nation’s budget deficit, he joked that it was a “suicide mission.” In his presentation of their final report, Simpson remarked, "Many members of Congress have privately told us they would be willing to make the tough votes for ambitious tax and spending reforms as part of a substantive fiscal plan but only if members on the other side jump in the canoe at the same time. This is the moment of truth for lawmakers who share our concern about our nation's fiscal future. They can return to the era of deficit denial, or they can stand up for future generations."