New York Times, Room for Debate — Will Voters Accept Tax Increases?:

In a speech on Wednesday, President Obama presented his plan for cutting the nation’s budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. In contrast to the Republican plan, which relies on spending cuts — including transforming Medicare — Mr. Obama said he was offering a more balanced approach that relies in part on tax increases for the wealthy, as well as on spending cuts. …

But how do you sell a tax increase in this climate? What kind of tax plan might work? Which approach — the Obama plan or the Republican plan — is more perilous politically?

• Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research), Ignoring the Real Problem
• Hetaher Boushey (Cener for American Progress), What Tax Increases Do
• Chris Edwards (Cato Institute), A Sure Way to Lose Re-election
• Michael Lind (New American Foundation), Changing the Narrative
• Larry Sabato (university of Virginia), The One-Party Veto System
• Douglas E. Schoen (Democratic consultant), A Necessary Nonstarter
• Jamal Simmons (Democratic consultant), Bitter Pills All Around
• Laura Tyson (UC-Berkeley), Raise Some Taxes, but Cut Corporate Rates
• Alan D. Viard (American Enterprise Institute), The Limited Loophole Effect