Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as well as make filing a comparable breeze.

You're foursquare in a dilemma if you want to broaden the base and lower tax rates. If you broaden the base, you raise taxes on people who pay nothing, and if you lower rates you cut taxes for the rich.

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.

I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.

The linkage between tax rates and public services is, if not non-existent, negative.