Mark Schmitt is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and the former editor of The American Prospect. He worked for Senator Bill Bradley from 1990 to 2000, and has written for The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The American Interest, The Boston Review, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs.
Viewpoint: Why We Should Go over the Fiscal Cliff
We have nothing to fear from the cliff, and it will get us closer to fundamental tax reform