The only way we are going to balance the books in this country is to increase taxes or decrease spending, and with the infrastructure disintegrating and the boomers coming close to retirement that means it is going to be increased taxes.
Perhaps we can persuade the acolytes of ST Reagan to accept a tax increase by saying we are going back to Reagan's good old days by using the tax code from his reign. The fact is that this country has swung so far to the right that the tax code was far more progressive then than it is now.
Ironically if you look at the stats, the economy grows substantially faster under Democratic Presidents, and because of Reagan's spending he left office with a huge budget deficit. Of course no Republicans will believe that...