Talk:Alan Simpson (American politician)

message: i think readers would be interested in the origin of that unusual middle name.Toyokuni3 (talk) 23:10, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have deleted this section due to its obvious irrelevance and NPOV issues.  This article is a biography of a living person.  It is not productive to include irrelevant, non-notable details about things this person did when he was a teenager, which have absolutely no tie-in to anything else in the rest of the article.  If this person continued his reckless behavior in his later life (and was therefore notable because of his reckless behavior), then this section might have a hint of relevance.  In particular, if the first sentence of this section, "Simpson led an interesting life as a youth, which undoubtedly helped shape his later career", could be substantiated in any way (i.e. how did it help shape his later career?), then this section would start to have a trace of merit.  Additionally, the fact that this section was entirely created and edited by SPA's and anonymous users begs the question of what the motive in including this material is.  If you have an argument as to why this material needs to stay in this article, please discuss here before reverting my edits.  Thanks.   talk 18:27, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted "Run-Ins With The Law" Section

message: Don't know the guy (I'm not from the 'States) but read some interviews and he seem to have a uniquely straight style; they dubbed him "the guy with the sharp elbow", and truly seem to be. Maybe this is just pov and I couldn't possibly phrase it objectively anyway. So I just have it noted here. :-) Maybe someone want to take a try. --grin ✎ 12:42, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sharp elbows 

message: Just to bring it up again, and at risk of sounding rude, please remember that your opinion alone is not a helpful argument. You may very well believe that a different topic is just as well known, but if more readers are reading this article, more current and archival is going to this person (when taking all readers from every country into account), you need to give at least some sort of evidence to back it up, not just your hunch.--Yaksar (let's chat) 06:08, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: In 2011, Simpson predicted a fiscal crisis that could come as early as two years. Today, his opponents point to that claim as a mistaken assertion that caused Congress to pivot toward addressing debt instead of economic growth. Whatever you think of it, it was certainly a significant claim. In response to Simpson's prediction, Jeff Sessions said that "the remarks you have just made are very sobering." This is a major prediction by a public figure--perhaps a signficant source of his influence--which arguably turned out to be wrong or overblown, and that many writers discuss when mentioning Simpson and his declining influence. It's a shame that you won't find it anywhere on this Wikipedia article. It should be added.2601:B:C580:2D9:CAF7:33FF:FE77:D800 (talk) 13:07, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  2011 prediction of a financial crisis in two years? 

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