it just go out and dig around like colbern did. he takes a $6 billion out of ethanol. if that is a tax increase, the drinks are on me all day long. >> we would be really drunk right now. is there a bar near by? >> i have a slight disagreement with the senator. i think of senator obama emaced it, we would be a heck of a lot for their belongings. >> that is what i said. >> the other thing is, i wonder if we don't make a mistake in time to get the grand bargain and slam the solid to one legislation. i am reminded of the compromise of 1850 which i think he voted on. >> the compromise of 1850 is offered by a henry clay. it goes down. let's have them go -- all five of them passed. a different group of people voted to make california a free state and to determine to the senate will always be controlled by free states that voted for the fugitive slave act. i wondered if some leadership could not take some order of these things whether -- particularly strikes me that you could get people to vote for something that saves a cp i which generates a lot of revenue. that would be a d

the arguments that senator johnson and colbern make up heappeal to me in the private sector. if i was talking about general motors and ford, it is my -- not my role to make a decision about the management or ability to compete, with their five days of the production line is better than five days. that is where the private sector decides, and government not be involved. the question to me is conveyed to me as a new member of this committee was never dealt with postal issues, is there something different about the postal service? is this not a function of the government to deliver the mail? is this not some role for congress to play in determining what the basic standards of the service should be, or is this just a private-sector issue that we turn it over to the postal service and let them decide? . . >> maybe somebody wants to change this but we have given this by law and derived from the constitution a very unique responsibility which is universal service. that is a big responsibility. it has been deemed over our history to be very important. we will deliver the mail to you,