we're not talking about spending the people's money, why not tax people the very top, the jeff bezos, the warren buffets, the people who have a ton of money. >> here is what i am going to tell you, when you raise taxes at the top, the federal government actually takes in less revenue, that is the empirical data which is why i'm saying if you look at the tax cut and jobs act, and the federal government has taken more money as a percentage. economy than it ever has. that is tax policy under barack obama, george w. bush, bill clinton, george h. w. bush, ronald reagan, jimmy carter, you could go back and back and back -- >> what do you want to cut? >> one is let's actually go to revisit what was in the 1.7 omnibus deal. we shouldn't have done that. it was excessive. it was done at the midnight hour. what is in the inflation reduction act had nothing to do with reducing inflation. it's actually going to -- >> what do you want to cut? >> i'm telling you. hold on. we have the green new deal subsidies, things we don't have the money for. you start there. the third thing, overall, you end the covid emerg