but remember what milton friedman thomas. the real level of taxation is the level of spending. the real problem with this nation is burden with, we have a government that is too big and too wasteful. we have a government that snds $11 million to create one green job in an area of the economy that is nowhere near mature to contribute to the overall well-being of the economy. we have to correct this. the republicans can't understand , the requirement is to be on the spending side, and no amount of tax simplification can compensate. >> when i hear the administration bragging about the revenue coming in and saying that it justifies tax hikes and republicans then sort of give up the fight on spending cuts, fr whatever meritorious reasons. >> minimizing is what it is. let's take something that is laudable, and we will take that asur second-best solution while we surrender on what is urgent and necessary. we will take what is convenient they are slow learners, but they are also people who onlylearn that which is politically convenient to their ideologically defined objectives. we must