<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><img height="327" width="448" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="dc77a87c-18c8-4453-8b02-2ba3c8e4b98d" src="cid:AFFE6F0D-144D-4F72-AAFF-4F4DE0D781BA"></span></div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">Entitlement reform must begin at the top. So say we all? (Jeanene) The case is well made by Patty Murray (D-WA), in her November 8 Washington Post Opinion: Closing Tax Loopholes Should Be Part of the Budget Conference.. "The U.S. tax code clearly benefits the wealthy and well-connected. It would be unfair, and unacceptable, to ignore every last loophole and special interest carve-out yet ask seniors and families to bear the burden of deficit reduction alone." Read the complete article at</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; "><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/closing-tax-loopholes-should-be-part-of-the-budget-conference/2013/11/08/41df32d2-47f8-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/closing-tax-loopholes-should-be-part-of-the-budget-conference/2013/11/08/41df32d2-47f8-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; ">Image thanks to Institute for Local Self Reliance:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 15px; "><a href="http://www.ilsr.org/four-corporate-tax-loopholes-states-should-close/">http://www.ilsr.org/four-corporate-tax-loopholes-states-should-close/</a></span><br style="font-size: 21px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span><br style="font-size: 21px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#330000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></span></span></div></body></html>