NEEDED: A NEW WAR ON THE DEFICIT.

Argues that the main catalyst pushing federal spending ever upward is the explosive growth in entitlements, programs that churn out benefits aimed mostly at older middle- and upper-class Americans. How the President's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform will propose ways to reduce the heavy burden the US tax code imposes on savings and investment; Possible cuts in Medicare and Social Security; New broad-based consumption tax; Public opinion.