Ben Cardin actually said...

The argument I hear the most against consumption taxes is progressivity, but we can make a consumption tax progressive, and we have ways of ...

We are certainly realistic to know that your proposals are going to be politically controversial wherever you went.

I think you have the right formula, and each element will be controversial.

My concern is that if we were to pass the recommendations of the Commission, it is unlikely that that would stand for very long before Congr...