Revenue is only half the equation

Dear Editor,
I wanted to applaud your Review and Comment column, “The Word for America in 2013: Freedom” in the Jan. 4 issue. Your assessment of America's challenges in the next few years are spot on. The current administration has led the American public to the conclusion that deficiencies in the tax revenue is the heart of the problem. Now that the president has gotten his way in raising taxes on the top earners, his talk has been silent on the most important aspect of decreasing spending.