Jacob J. Lew: “We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.”

I have always thought that the sooner we could have a bipartisan conversation on dealing with Social Security, the better.

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.

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

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