the deficit, by which i mean, which is how much more money we are spending than betake in. this goes through march of this year. you can see how the deficit is increasing, how much our shortfall is, and by march it's already tied -- atop $953 billion. that's twice the -- more than twice, the biggest deficit president bush ever had and he was criticized for his deficits. that's twice, and we haven't gotten to the end of the fiscal year yet. what the c.b.o. projects and this is our own congressional budget office numbers and they're running the tale of how much w we are -- the tally of hw much we are spending and they estimate $1.8 trillion for the deficit by the end of the year. that is about four times the highest deficit president bush ever had. i just say that because people say, well, president bush had deficits too. yes, he did. a lot of that was not justified in my opinion but we never had deficits like this in the history of the american republic. and you have to borrow this money. so this is in march. by sent 30th, we're looking at a deficit of $1.8 trillion this yea