Should we raise taxes?

Martin Feldstein says no. Brad DeLong says yes, at least once the economy recovers further. Alex Tabarrok says maybe, if we can cut the right deal. I would say that taxes, real taxes, already have been raised, the Bush Administration just hasn't admitted it yet. Milton Friedman has long insisted that the level of government spending is the best measure of what government is taking from the economy.

Addendum: Co-blogger Alex agrees, read his very nice statement of the argument.