Deficit Commission Co-Chairs Issue Their Draft Proposals

On November 10, 2010, the co-chairs of President Obama's Deficit Commission - Erksine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a draft of the...

America Speaks - Our Budget, Our Economy

I had the opportunity to participate in the Silicon Valley session of the America Speaks "town hall" meeting . This was one of 19 ...

Survey Indicates Majority Not Willing to Reduce Deficits with Higher Taxes

A Rasmussen survey of 1,000 adults conducted at the end of April found that to address the deficit: 18% are willing to pay higher taxes 69%...

Signs of Tax System Problems - Serious Ones!

Today - tax day - among the emails I received are two that I think are good illustrations of how troubled our federal tax system has become....

Paul Volcker Again Mentioning a National VAT

CBSMoneyWatch .com has an article today - "VAT: New Tax Coming Soon?" by Cait Murphy (4/7/10). It states that in response to a C...