first of all, i would say that you should watch some of the videos from former labor secreatry robert reisch. one of the things that he is -- has pointed out is that the deficit and issues of debt are the wrong place to be looking. you can deal with those by growing the economy. since day one of his term, he inherited an economy in crisis. the bottom has fallen out. but we need to see is congress -- what we need to see is congress doing more, not less. to stimulate the economy and put people back to work. get these wheels turning so that we can actually deal with the fundamentals from a place of strength rather than weakness. austerity is not the answer. the answer is jobs. there's also the fact that you see effective tax rates are lower now than they were under president nixon. the kind of hysteria that we see on the right that says our economy is threatened. it is because of the debt or the deficit. it is entirely misplaced. i would encourage people to go out and talk to someone unemployed. they have looked for work for years. ask them if they should be -- if they think we should be focuse