Jacob J. Lew: “I think there are other things that need to be part of a comprehensive plan in the long run, but there is an immediate…”

The decision has never been made by the only people who can make the decision--that is the President of the United States on the advice of the Treasury Secretary--what to do.

I have been trying to deal with it as a crisis that we need to deal with on a bipartisan basis.

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

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