 It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security. |
| Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt. |
| What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians. |
| The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides. |
| Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. |
| Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001. |
| This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job. |
