Let me just say that I’m against ANY tax increases. Spending decreases must be considered but (of course) are not part of “The Plan”.
That being said, I think any tax increases has to targeted at the 50% of the population who currently pay Jack Squat. We all need to have skin in the game.
We could try and term spending cuts as ‘increasing unspent revenues’. Which means that every dollar we cut is ‘increasing our revenue (unspent, of course)’.