mr. horton, a lot of people seeing their taxes go up.ll that impact, that tax hikes have you seen impact travelers, do you suspect? >> well, in general higher taxes are not good for the economy or for discretionary spending, but as doug said, in near-term, what we can see, airline demand looks pretty robust, because supply and capacity environment has been tame it makes for a healthy environment revenue environment in the airline business right now. neil: and finally, i do want to get into something you keep one eye on washington, this idea they could be on a verge of a brink in a couple of week of automatic spending cutting that kick in, you heard that, do you, as ceos, and big mucketty mucks, let this affect you, it is noise to you? is it worrisome chatter to you? your business plan? it didn't affect your merger announcement today, but many of your colleagues say it does and it worries them, what say you? >> well, i think you control what you can control. for doug and i we can control the outcome of the merger. and we have seen this as