This P in a story about Congressional budget bills, made me think:
"Introduced by the chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum, Representatives Bill Huizenga (R‑MI) and Scott Peters (D‑CA), this proposal would establish a sixteen‐member fiscal commission, composed of twelve lawmakers and ****four independent experts.**** All members would be appointed by House and Senate leadership from both parties."
Four independent experts. If i had to pick only two words to describe you, "independent expert" would surely please us both. Would you, have you, considered serving on such a panel? Or is the whole thing surely so politically compromised and faux-serious that it would be pointless?
Thanks for the link! (and aw, that's sweet on the comment)
I've been thinking about the nasty public finance crisis point we'll be going through, though we'll be going through it -after- most of Europe has to go through its own crisis (and probably Japan and South Korea... I have to look more closely at China to think about its own timing).
People have never taken seriously how weird the Boomer Bulge is, and maybe I'll put together a post/video on that one. It's not normal, historical wise.
The combo of the mortality/longevity and what's going on with fertility (this is globally... so migration has nothing to do with this) -- I have to think on this a bit. We'll see where this goes.
Dear Mary Pat,
This P in a story about Congressional budget bills, made me think:
"Introduced by the chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum, Representatives Bill Huizenga (R‑MI) and Scott Peters (D‑CA), this proposal would establish a sixteen‐member fiscal commission, composed of twelve lawmakers and ****four independent experts.**** All members would be appointed by House and Senate leadership from both parties."
Four independent experts. If i had to pick only two words to describe you, "independent expert" would surely please us both. Would you, have you, considered serving on such a panel? Or is the whole thing surely so politically compromised and faux-serious that it would be pointless?
BRetty
https://www.cato.org/blog/34-trillion-debt-house-budget-committee-debates-fiscal-commission-act
Thanks for the link! (and aw, that's sweet on the comment)
I've been thinking about the nasty public finance crisis point we'll be going through, though we'll be going through it -after- most of Europe has to go through its own crisis (and probably Japan and South Korea... I have to look more closely at China to think about its own timing).
People have never taken seriously how weird the Boomer Bulge is, and maybe I'll put together a post/video on that one. It's not normal, historical wise.
The combo of the mortality/longevity and what's going on with fertility (this is globally... so migration has nothing to do with this) -- I have to think on this a bit. We'll see where this goes.