. >> do you think it could be politically pallia trtable, you could say 20%? we're going to get 20, anyway. >> we would have to reduce the corporate tax rate to the same rate. >> 20 across the board would be the most politically sellable thing. >> probably. >> bob? >> i have a variation of that. i could go with 20 but i still am in favor of a lower bracket. so, you know, for lower income. and i have one additional qualification. i haven't run the numbers so i don't know how much money that raises. let's say that raises about as much money as we have now. it's not going to be enough to still deal with the aging baby boomers so i have been attracted to the notion, which has been advanced by john shrksobin of stanford, and that's time medicare financing to a sales tax. it would automatically discipline -- at least have some discipline on medicare spending, and it will be a way to finance medicare spending. i don't know where that would end up as a percentage of gdp. i would sleep safer at night that we're going to attack this budget deficit and at the same time h