that's a five letter word in my mind vocab. what we need -- we're going to have to raise taxes. we are going to have to raise taxes. now, on your proposal -- i mean, the book looks at this in some detail. just give people a sense of how you think this can be -- should be done and how it could be made politically palatable? >> well, first i think you have to recognize that where taxes are headed without doing anything. >> right. >> and what percentage of g.d.p. are we headed to on that basis, right? that's above historical tax levels of 18.3% of g.d.p., okay? secondly, i think you have to recognize as to what would end up happening if -- if we didn't end up making reforms sooner or later, how high might taxes have to go in order to stop the bleeding? in the book we talk about they would have to double between 20, 30, and 20, 40, double. i think you have to recognize political reality. in my view the longer we wait to try to reimpose tough statutory budget controls, reform the social insurance contract and constrain spending the higher taxes will go. one, math, the miracle of comp