@Jaxk I don’t recall saying that compromise was the best answer, merely better than what we currently have.
Thing is, we actually don’t have the highest corporate tax rates in the world, so right there we have already started off with hyperbole. Also, there are enough loopholes that the effective tax rate is far lower. But yes, the Dems need to come to the table, just as the Republicans need to be willing to negotiate on other issues.
As for your second paragraph, that ignores the spending cuts they want to make, and much of the Bush tax cuts is actually seen as an expense, especially since they were supposed to be temporary but every time it is suggested that we allow part of them to sunset, some unnamed party holds the country hostage and demands that either they all be cut (hurting the bottom 98%) or that we allow the financial hemorrhaging to continue by maintaining the status quo. Regardless, many Democrats see those tax cuts as an expense while Conservatives generally consider any taxation as tyrannical theft; until that difference in opinion is resolved, I don’t see any meaningful improvements in our obviously flawed tax system.
My guess is that neither side can handle the debt. Look at how much money Republicans want to spend (or leave on the table) by enacting and enforcing laws against things they have no right butting into while simultaneously letting the inmates run the asylum when it comes to anything regarding commerce and business. They aren’t any more responsible than the those who aren’t afraid to do some heavy spending but want to cut spending elsewhere and prefer to pay up front instead of billing the grandkids.