mr. tipton: in just a moment, ma'am. ms. delauro: thank you. mr. tipton: we have an opportunity, we have a challenge. the question is, will we rise to meet that challenge? we have a $14.4 trillion debt in this country. let's put that in context. you know, last night, we saw the nba final. you had lebron james, one of the best basketball players, he signed for $40 million a year to play basketball. if he wants to earn just $1 trillion, he has to play basketball for 25,000 years. this is the burden that we have put on the backs of our children and grandchildren that they can no longer afford. the recipe is not the keynesian economics. we are the richest and most powerful nation on the earth. that is it going to be the free enterprise system. let's get our people back to work. let's create those opportunities once again. ms. delauro: would the gentleman yield? mr. tipton: i would yield to the lady. ms. delauro: i would quote to you from the citizens for tax justice, 12 corporations, largest corporations in the nation, pay effective tax rate of negative