martin vaughn, did he say anything that was off message? >> not a lot.i think his answers really underscored the dozens of uncertainties that there are out there right now in terms of where the tax cut is going. we asked him about what's going to be done about the estate tax what is going to be done about the top rates. how are you going to handle the dividend snax his response, you know, to almost all of these questions was, well, we're working on that and we need to work with congress. and we're in a unique situation where so much in the tax code is up in the air. and frankly, i think even the administration and the people that are in charge in congress still don't have a good handle on how they're going to move forward with this. >> kix dixon -- kim dixon? >> i agree. one of the interesting things to point out is almost every question about a certain policy is, how are you going to pay for it? it ties his hands to some extent because congress needs to develop that. the administration has put out a budget with lots of different ways to pay for these pr

here to question him is kim dixon from reuters and martin vaughn from dow jones. >> michael, i want to start out by asking you about the proposals that the president put forward, the tax proposals to stimulate the economy. one of those was that he wanted to allow businesses to immediately write off 100% of their newly commit purchases in 2011, the aim being to free up cash to invest higher. what we're leading -- what we're hearing is that cash is not the problem. the issue right now is that folks are worried about the economy neck getting better, continuing continuing to stagnate or getting worse. in that light, how much good can you do by simply offering people a tax cuts if they are just worried about the economy not getting better? >> that is a good question. i think we need to put this in context. these are one not -- these are not one-of proposals. -- these are not one-off proposals. proposals. there has been made to states. these proposals now, these targeted proposals with respect to investment here in the united states, are meant to pull some of the cash that is on the sideline