Jacob J. Lew: “I totally agree with you on the importance of the EITC as a bridge to work.”

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

I think that one of the reasons tax reform is so hard to do is that it does impose burdens to close loopholes.

We can't just cut the things that we need to grow in order to reduce the deficit more in the short run.

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