Jacob J. Lew: “I am proud to say we worked on a bipartisan, balanced budget agreement.”

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.

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

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.