Friday Open Thread

WSJ: Europe's VAT Lessons

Washington Times: Raising taxes on rich unlikely to cut deficit

Reuters: Senate Dems pave way for financial reform vote

IBD: California At The Breaking Point

Time: GM's Pension: A Ticking Time Bomb for Taxpayers?

Eric Singer: Small Business Vs. Big Government

WSJ: Larry Summers on Demand

White House: 2009 Tax Returns for Obama and Biden

Telegraph: Climate change: always room for doubt

The Guardian: US military warns oil output may dip

Bloomberg: Greece Closer to Aid Request; IMF, EU Due in Athens

VDH: After fifteen months of the Obama foreign policy, have things gotten any better?