the irs. we pay our taxes and nobody knows if what we paid is right or wrong,ven the irs doesn't know that. we should eliminate this tax code and go to pure sales tax. people are talking let's keep the income taxes and add a value added tax. value added tax on top of the income taxs more economy taken by the government. our problem is the government's too large a percentage of our gdp now. >> charlie: is it fair to say that in essence you have come to this point that the deficit, taming the deficit is a matter of national survival. and that in doing that, you do not have a bottom line. you perper se. >> i do not have a bottom line. when the claimers of the joint chiefs of staff when he's asked what is the greatest threat to our national security he says theebt and the deficit, we ought to pay attention to him. when it is said this is e most predictable crises in history and congress has done nothing on it this year and we' setting still not doing anything and we know this debt limit's coming upon us. we know for us to did not over the next year, year and-a-half, hour debt that have to make