i'm a longtime alaskan, father of two, iraq war veteran, small business owner and my small business provides engineers and managers to the oil and gas industry in alaska. i'm a registered independent, but i am conservative. in regards to the budgetary issues. as a small business owner, i would never jeopardize the well-being of my family, my employees and kphaoeu phao*eu kphraoeupbts -- and my clients with regard to business transactions. all would walk away feeling they got a fair deal. i fully expect an increase in my taxes and i'm okay in order to continue to support our country. another one, actually someone who i know well who owns arctic wire and rope owned by eric mccollum. he won the alaskan manufacturer of the year in 1986, employs 14 employees. he is important to our oil and gas industry. fortunately, eric has no debt, but estherably concerned about the debt crisis -- but he is terribly concerned about the debt crisis. he is a small business owner. there will be far more impact on main street than wall street from this debt crisis, eric states. eric adds that he's more than willing