Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

there are huge benefits, net benefits if you look at both sides of the ledger.

Whitehouse argues that environmental regulations often yield significant benefits.

07/28/2014

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Ramped-up enforcement is essential, but it is no substitute for addressing the fundamental injustice in the tax code.

The IRS conservatively estimates the tax gap--the difference between taxes owed and taxes collected--to be $441 billion per year.

My Republican colleagues and I may disagree on what makes a fair tax code, but we very much agree that everyone should pay what they owe.

I see that it is not easy, but I think it is important to nail down the starting place that we are at right now.