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insurance reform and other spending in constraint in tax reform with more revenues. that is critically important and if we do with this year for recommendations after the midterm and to act before. the book makes a strong case for creating a commission. it is the kind of commission the issue with you today statutory commission or so forth? i have a strong preference for a statutory commissioned the reason is you have buy yen from the congress or the president or in addition can you guarantee a vote to. the fact is, the senate to have a majority vote to for the statutory commission and had 53 votes but under the senate rules you have to have 60 so it did not pass. while it proposed commission i propose another condition it. one of the arguments you make in the book which is particularly interesting to advance the commission is a way to create a consensus in the country for action on fiscal policy. i think the book, to my mind is the most important thing, is stepping ....
what you hear by candidates saying. they won t want to be known as a gender than of substance. thanks so much. thank you so much. nvi former comptroller gener david walker argues that we must put controls on government spending and take action to lower the national debt. he says failing to do so by 2030 could lead to a doubling of our taxes and lowering of our economic standing in the world. the aspen institute in washington, d.c., host this hour-long event. [applause] well, thank you all for coming. we re here to talk about a splendid new book by david walker, comeback america. i m going to say a little bit more about david and the book in a moment. but first of all, i just wanted to declare a bias in this. i mean, i will make no bones about it. i am a tremendous fan of david and have been for years. i followed his work. i find it very difficult to disagree with much of what he says. i gave up on that when i started reading the book. that wasn t going to happ ....