Jacob J. Lew: “When we took office, the projections were the debt was going to grow to over 100 percent of GDP.”

We inherited what was an economy and a budget that was in complete meltdown.

We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.

I think the fee makes sense for two reasons: first, it does reflect the costs associated with fossil fuel use.

I totally agree, and I was trying to indicate in my response earlier that the risk is being borne by taxpayers on an ongoing basis and the conservatorship is not over.