To: Epstein, Jeffreyrjeevacation@gmail.com] Fran: Landon Thomas Sent Mon 5/17/2010 12:54:19 PM Subject Thinkers Could be anyone at all -- economist/investor/sociologist. I am trying to get a handle on the big thought that despite all the promises to cut this and that that these deficits may not be cuttable given the structural forces at play. Landon Thomas, Jr. Financial Correspondent New York Times Office phone: Mobile: EFTA_R1_01491165 EFTA02423896