kim homes and anthony kim. in fact, i think our president would be rise to review the science prior to the state of union address this month. the report finishes index is sobering indeed. we have now dropped in score as you heard seven years in a row, the only country to do so. we are now out of the top 10. our fiscal freedom, that is our tax rate, tax competitiveness, we are now ranks 154th in the world. our government spending is an abysmal 137th in the world. these two factors are really our achilles' heel. in the past year we've seen tax increases from the obamacare legislation, and an expiration of some of the bush tax cuts as part of the so-called fiscal cliff deal. these tax increases on everything from payrolls to that, investment and marginal tax rates make us less competitive internationally, and it appears that some are not content with these tax increases and are arguing for even more. we've also seen the failure in spending restraints. the so-called quest was not a perfect policy by any means, but