Jacob J. Lew: “I think the attempts to characterize this budget in the way that we have done it today are things that I hope people…”

I don't think Social Security and Medicare should be cut, you know, to take away from people what they need and what they have been promised.

We have to invest in the short and medium term to get the kind of economy that gives people a chance.

The earned income tax credit is one of the most effective programs we have had, both to reduce poverty and to get people.

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