Here's a debt reduction plan: Collect billions from tax cheats

By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — At a time when higher taxes or deeper government spending cuts seem to be the only options available to close the gaping federal deficit, going after more $400 billion a year in uncollected taxes should be a no-brainer.

But in the nation's capital, the so-called "tax gap" hardly rates a mention in the official discussion of America's fiscal woes.