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August 26, 2010

Deficit Commission Co-Chair Urged to Resign over Social Security Comments
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And the Republican co-chair of the Obama administration’s bipartisan
panel on cutting the deficit is under criticism for again disparaging
recipients of Social Security. In an email to the Older Women’s League,
former senator Alan Simpson writes, "We’ve reached a point now where
it’s like a milk cow with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest
work!" Earlier this year, Simpson was videotaped calling Americans
reliant on Social Security "lesser people." Simpson has apologized for
his latest remarks, but critics, including Independent Senator Bernie
Sanders of Vermont and Congress member Peter De Fazio of Oregon, are
calling for his resignation.