our country is at risk. the country that we know and love and the lifestyle that we know and love is at risk. you can deny the risk, but the consequences of denying the risk are a disaster for our country. >> define disaster. >> markedly lower level standard of living. financial repression. the worst tax increase in the world. i get hit all the time by the conservative tax people. the worst tax increase in the world is the one that comes through government printing money, inflation greater than what you were earn on your assets and then diminishing the value of your assets by taking it from you. >> what would you say your goal is? you have your staff for six weeks do the level of work you've described. you've put yourself out in front of the world. you're a very senior, high-profile american politician.