congress has agreed to $1.6 trillion in spending cuts, not innti not counting the $24 biln the farm bill. social security is solvent till 2033. we ought to be addressing that, but separately. we have already agreed to $700 billion in the cuts in the savings to medicare -- in cuts in savings to medicare. we have not done anything, until a couple of days ago, to say the wealthiest americans should be part of the solution, and that is what happened on new year's eve in the senate. we said the wealthiest americans need to contribute a little bit more while we maintain tax cuts for the the the class families. going forward -- for the middle- class families. knowing forward, balance means you address all of those things -- going forward, balance means you address all of those things . it has got to be balanced in all three parts. the other thing we have got to keep focused on -- coming from michigan, i am laser focused -- and that is jobs and our economy growing. we will never get out of debt with this many people out of work. we have better numbers coming in every month. unemployed and is goi