James Clyburn actually said...

We created a new prescription drug benefit program, which CBO estimates will cost $967 billion over the next 10 years.

And then it was declared that deficits don't matter. This special committee was created because deficits and debt do matter.

is it class warfare to seek some equity in the Tax Code?

Instead of building on the policies that have served us so well, we embarked upon two wars, one of which was dubious at best.