Help the national economy by working with others to develop a long-term plan on budget and tax issues.

Over the past several years, the public interest community has primarily engaged in short-term, defensive battles on federal tax and budget issues. We at OMB Watch think it is vital to determine how we can seize the initiative and promote what we stand for - a fair, simple and equitable tax system that generates adequate resources to fund the government services and programs that Americans want.

In order to start a conversation about long-term proactive tax and budget priorities, we drafted a discussion paper that welcomes your comments.

As part of this effort we will also be releasing an Internet survey in January. We hope that you will both take the survey and redistribute it to your networks.

This call to action is meant to spark discussion and communicate the sense of urgency that we, and many others, are feeling. Please let us know what you think by emailing your comments to taxbudget@ombwatch.org. And let us know if you are willing to disseminate info about the survey.