Jacob J. Lew: “I think that one of the reasons tax reform is so hard to do is that it does impose burdens to close loopholes.”

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.

The real goal is not to restructure the debt. The real goal is to get back to economic growth.

And, most important, TPA makes very clear Congress has the final say.

If you have a house on a block with blighted housing on it, if you do not remove the blighted housing, your chances of staying above water are really tough.