He's blunt, salty and completely correct on Social Security
(NEWSER) - When Alan Simpson called Social Security "a milk cow with 310 million tits," outrage ensued . When he followed that up by accusing some vets of milking the system, more outrage ensued. The former senator is "painfully blunt" and a little "salty," writes Dana Milbank, but in his role as co-chair of the president's debt-reduction commission, he's also "spot on" about the hard realities facing Social Security. More»