but what you could do, i think erskine bowles and allen simpson did an enormous service by setting out the framework even if you don't agree with the specifics, but even if you don't agree with the specifics, i think they did the country a tremendous service by setting out a framework. so that framework, as you all will remember, was ten years to get to a point where the debt to gdp ratio stabilizes and then slightly begins to decline. you could put together a set of structures that would get you to a ten-year program that would stanlize debt to gdp with a few simple measures and probably want to defer the implementation of that program for a couple of years to give the recovery more time to get traction and you certainly, i at least think, you want to have robust public investment within that context. because as bernie schwartz and others can tell you, we have got to have infrastructure. earch. we have to have a whole host of other programs if we're going to be competitive. and i think you could do that. there are legislative strategies that could put in place that would bridge you to