The bi-partisan debt reduction commission came up with a number of drastic budget cutting and tax raising proposals, but couldn’t get fourteen votes from its members to immediately move their report to Congress. South Dakota Senator John Thune says there are a number of good ideas from the commission…
Thune says the commission did wade into Social Security and Medicare…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/12/JOHNTHUNE1210B.mp3|titles=JOHNTHUNE1210B]Thune says the commission may set the stage for Congressional debate next year…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/12/JOHNTHUNE1210C.mp3|titles=JOHNTHUNE1210C](courtesy WNAX, Yankton)