some states cut taxes in the 90's and boller against pensions and placed a bet on wall street, which they lost. governments should set an example. i understand the frustration people are facing cuts, state workers seem to be doing so great, but they are facing problems as well. there are furloughs and layoffs and pay cuts. it is not as though state workers are coming through this unscathed. host: peter is on the democrat line in little rock, arkansas. caller: good morning. one of the biggest problems that the other states are having that my state is not having is that they permit themselves to borrow money. when they can borrow money, then they feel like they can't find ever more generous programs. my state has to -- can only spend that which it is projected to take in. it prioritizes its spending into categories. if the revenues don't meet expectations, then those things in the lower categories just do not get funded. yet arkansas, which is not a red state, does not have the same kind of deficits. we were concerned we might get left out of some of the stimulus money because we are a