you also have to talk about what ppens to the average american psyche if the they're faced with increasing income taxes dramatically so. these are taxes across the board, and investing in texas, where is incentive to work, where is the incentive to invest, get up off the couch? speak of these are dramatically antigrowth policies at a ti when growth has to be at a premium,e are going exactly wrong direction. the really frightening thing about this is we know we have a big debt problem. we have known we have to deal with it, it is very unlikely we will come to terms with a debt and deficit problem in a recession. we have big near-term problems and don't solve the long-term problems. gerri: 50,000 for every american taxpayer. it is pretty frightening. what would you like to hear from the president? he has made it clear it is my way or the highway. >> what he has to press s urgency to get this done and lay out a plan. he is the president of the united states. if we're going to talk about big bargains in solving the debt problem, all we have heard is the tax hikes. what arehey spending cuts wou