u.s. companies trapped in overseas countries because the tax rate to bring them back is high and puts us at a disadvantaged position. why don't we try something like this -- just an idea. when president bush proposed the american jobs creation act he allowed countries tore-patriate cash for 5%. some said it didn't create jobs and 5% was too low. how about a 15% tax rate, but 10% goes into the government coffers and the other 5% goes into a retraining fund or a fund that retro-fits commercial buildings to make them energy efficient. now you are forcing private enterprise to direct those funds to correct jobs immediately for the betterment of the nation long term. i think we have to evolve new plans to work together with the private sector because private sector engineses of efficiency, governments have to go through a very elaborate process to make