Tim Geithner: “People don't like to pay taxes. But they are more likely to pay taxes if you can make them more confident that they are…”

You cannot govern a country if you commit never to raise taxes on anybody, because things change, wars happen, crises happen.

I believe, as does the President, that there is no plausible way for us to address the many economic challenges facing the country, including our unsustainable fiscal deficits, without asking those most fortunate few to pay a modestly…

The only way to restore fiscal responsibility and still preserve the commitments we need to make to our retirees and national security, is by a modest increase in the effective tax rate for the Americans who are in the best position to…

Executive compensation played a material role in causing the financial crisis because it encouraged excessive risk taking.