impa meanwhile, it does about $3.4 mn billion worth of business, abouo half of that is exported.s so it is contributing to our helping our trade balance. my question to you is while calculating the impact the change in lifo accounting methods, in terms of the revenue side, has omb calculated the other implications economically of that change, including the possible death of some uding businesses in the country?untry >> right. on the lifo, that disproportionately benefits oil and gas producers who have treau record profits.ryon on there was a lot of game that cai go on through that lifo system.e the treasury secretary is the point person on specifics arounc individual tax policies. so i'll have to defer to geithner on the calculation ande how cost to benefits are weighed. >> i appreciate that. i have raised that with as secretary geithner as well.. quick question. when i'm home this weekend and s i'm in costco -- i know mr. cot simpson says people don't care r about this, but if i'm walking through costcoci or kroger or se place, and a citizen says, why should i care whether this is a