The White House reveals their tax math

A funny thing happened on the way to the tax debate: We started talking about "math," rather than policy. And just because something works on a calculator doesn't mean it will work as law. The White House has been saying that "the math" precludes replacing the revenue from the Bush tax cuts for the rich with tax reform that holds rates steady. As we've pointed out, that's not technically true: You could raise as much as $1.2 trillion from people making more than $200,000 by eliminating all their...