we have suggested that the burden for the revenues that would have to come on the individual side should fall on the most fortunate 2 percent of Americans through an increase in the effective tax rate on those individuals.
Geithner discusses tax reform targeting the wealthiest Americans.
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if Congress were to choose to try to defer everything... that would be very damaging to the interests of the country.
It's not a partisan issue. It's traditionally had a lot of bipartisan support.
Those--the cuts are designed to starve those agencies of the ability--deny them the ability to enforce a set of basic, sensible protections for consumers and investors.
The TARP bank investments have already produced a profit for the taxpayer of over $19.5 billion.
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