Here’s Alan Simpson objecting to what?

I’ve been under the weather for a bit and hadn’t seen this video until today. My guy appointed this man to the fiscal commission currently meeting periodically in our nation’s capital. Shame on them both.

To my mind, the reference to “lesser people” that comes near the beginning of the interview is hardly the worst of it. Check Paul Krugman’s view of Simpson’s contributions to the fiscal commission’s deliberations here. The video is fairly long. Watch all of it to get the full benefit of Simpson’s view of the world.