And anyway, beyond entitlement reform, the next priority is to devise a better tax code.

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U.S. Treasury nominee Jacob Lew said in his confirmation hearing that he would make it a priority to overhaul the U.S. tax code.

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"This has been a major priority of his because he thinks it is inexplicable that our tax code would actually be written in a way that rewards companies for taking jobs and profits offshore, and thereby penalizes companies for doing what we want them to do, which is create jobs and opportunity here in the United States, " Carney said Tuesday.

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Academies and free schools in England may be allowed to give priority to the poorest pupils when allocating places, under a new proposed admissions code.

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So from the start, my concern was making sure that we had a tax code that was fair and that protected the middle class, and my biggest priority was making sure that middle-class taxes did not go up.

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