They also assume that the AMT is adjusted for inflation, so the chart shows that we can balance the budget without any increase in the tax burden.

FORBES: Balancing The U.S. Budget Is Simple With Modest Fiscal Restraint

Continue the payroll tax cut, and you only increase the burden on our already strained trust fund balance.

FORBES: Dear America: Your Higher Payroll Taxes Are Not The Result Of A Tax Increase

Second, we include in the Budget 16 carefully targeted tax law changes that improve compliance while maintaining that important balance between the burden being imposed on taxpayers and our shared interest in collecting taxes owed.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of Director Portman