Exactly! The whole commission is designed to raise the taxes of the middle class, because the “rich” don’t have enough to cover the giant hole in the budget. They are thinking something like Value added tax - the same tax that make the organized crime happy in Europe.
The Commission was set up as cover for the politicians, just like the BRAC was. It shifts the decision making on hard issues to an appointed commission that cannot be held accountable by the public. It is a vehicle to raise taxes and the politicians will only say that they were “just following orders” and are not responsible for raising taxes or cutting entitlement programs.