numbers in front of me, but you can certainly look at a number of european countries -- sweden, denmark, great britain -- that have higher taxes. caller: that is not what i heard. if you want to keep your viewpoint as to how you go about your programming and on your business networks, what better way to do it then privately? thanks host: for the call. -- host: thanks for the call. we are encouraging more and more of you to weigh in with your comments on twitter. terry on that says. from the politics page of the washington times, this story -- the handballs has his take on newt gingrich. -- dan balz has his take on newt gingrich. ken is joining us from waupun, wisconsin. welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you. but we should continue funding pbs. it is the only station that continues to give us the truth. there are a lot of poor people out here that get cultural education through pbs. concerts', operas -- i enjoyed watching harry connick jr. just the other night. i cannot afford to go see him live, but i enjoy his music. they do a lot for educating people. i do not think they should give that aw