David Walker: “We have to have a robust discussion about what it is going to take to save the country.”

Believe it or not, I am 65 years old. Congress has passed timely budget and appropriation bills four times in 65 years. That is an F minus.

John Boehner is correct that the base of the Republican Party will not support any type of tax increases, even if it's eliminating tax expenditures where there can be a bipartisan agreement. He's wrong to say the American people won't…

I don't think it should be business of S&P or any rating agency to tell a sovereign nation how to put its finances in order.

I can come up with $2 trillion to $3 trillion worth of deficit reduction without any tax increases, OK?