Jacob J. Lew: “I don't think Social Security and Medicare should be cut, you know, to take away from people what they need and what…”

The fiscal year 2017 President's budget puts forward the building blocks of a social compact for the 21st century and creates the conditions for sustained economic growth.

This agreement demonstrates that we have the capacity to find common ground on difficult issues and lays a foundation for addressing some of our long-term challenges.

The real goal is not to restructure the debt. The real goal is to get back to economic growth.

If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.