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Co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., left, and Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff recommend taxing capital gains as ordinary income. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call via Getty…

Co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., left, and Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff recommend taxing capital gains as ordinary income. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call via Getty Images.

The French might be paying less when it comes to triple play packages. Photo by Sami Sarkis via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making…