Are Higher Taxes the 'Price of Civilization?'

Democrats, Republicans, Tea Partiers and Wall Street Occupiers all agree that America needs more jobs. They don't agree on how to create them. Is there any quick solution? Does the US still have the engines of growth required to compete in the global economy? Also, Iran signals it may cooperate on the assassination plot, and it's the National League St. Louis Cardinals and the American League's Texas Rangers in this year's World Series, with the first game scheduled for Wednesday.

Banner image: A group of demonstrators hold up signs before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images