I'm not sure if that's a joke or if that's serious...Just in case it's serious, the only "death panels" I currently know about are the panels of people that private insurance companies have who determine what treatments will be approved and which treatments will not be approved, independent (and often in contradiction) to what the doctors recommend.This is why health care reform is so important -- those who have a conflict of interest when it comes to life/death decisions shouldn't be involved in the decisions in the first place.

Sorry for the sidetrack.I would ask him/her "If given absolute authority to make one reform to the financial markets, what would you choose?"

Providing these solutions for my clients is what I enjoy doing.Living in the Detroit area I notice so much potential in real estate, education, sports, filming, public safety, and much more.. that would help "The D" reform, and grow.

The government passing the Tax Reform Act of 1986 is totally unpredictable.

The article is about reforming the tax system, but also helps us understand the current debt.http://assetbuilder.com/blogs/scott_burns/archive/2011/01/14/living-with-hauser-s-law.aspx

Aaron--the complete law can be found at the following link:http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/reforms-for-american-homeowners-and-consumers-president-obama-signs-the-helping-families-save-their-homes-act-and-the-fraud-enforcement-and-recovery-act/I found an article by AP that summarizes it pretty well here:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30891380/Hope that helps!

Reagan with the tax reduction which lead to the propulsion of economy, and Clinton with the welfare reform and the boost to the economy as well.None of them could have done it should they had their parties ruling the congress...

HVCC is just a misguided, government effort to reform the sometimes sloppy or even corrupt appraisal business, that helped cause the housing market melt down.

Major contractor reform would save taxpayers tens -- if not hundreds -- of billions of dollars per year, and at no loss to the final product.

(Except on health care reform!)