kinds of hard decisions the american people want us to make. you know, getting rid of the study on marijuana and malt liquor in combination seems like a small thing, but there are thousands of those. but more importantly, even the president's disingenuous statement that he's freezing federal pay while allowing these automatic step increases, you know, in the private sector you don't get generous pay increases just because another year went by and then cost of living on top of it. guess what? they do. and it represents half a billion dollars per year, plus obviously retirement benefits. you mentioned earlier, when you were talking to stephen moore about the private sector versus the public, well, what they're dealing with in washington, we have to deal with. 8 1/2 billion dollars in loss by the postoffice was all in those deferred benefits, the retirement health care and other plans. we've got to make sure that we put spending on the books and not simply kick the can down the road with huge promises, that down the