An Open Letter to Washington: How to Fix the Deficit and End the Bush-Tax-Cuts Debate

Dear Mr. President and members of Congress: In the months that follow Tuesday's midterm elections, and into the New Year, you all face three very significant challenges. You must: * Find a solution to the Bush-tax-cuts controversy. * Rein in the huge-and-growing U.S. budget deficit. * And better police Wall Street, which got us into this mess in the first place. You can solve all three of these problems with a single, simple proposition. And you can do so without having to ask U.S. taxpayers to dig into their wallets or savings. Let me explain.