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Topic: Bowles-Simpson

Supporters cheer Hillary Clinton at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, May 16, 2016. (Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein)

A revolution delayed

Sean McElwee
Alan Simpson (Reuters/Jason Reed)

Simpson admits he was wrong

Josh Eidelson
John Boehner (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Andrew Winning)

Starbucks' lame stunts

Josh Eidelson
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Pro-austerity hypocrites

Alex Seitz-Wald
(AP/Susan Walsh)

David Sirota
(Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart gets spun

Alex Pareene
Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Simpson-Bowles won't save us!

Alex Pareene
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-60953p1.html'>Jun Li</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Michael Lind