spending clocked in 10% to 40%, depending how many wars we were in. repealing the 16th amendment has been one of the far right ideas like denouncing president abraham lincoln as an authoritarian anti-christ and now it's gone mainstream because republican front runner rick perry wrote about it in his book, "fed up." funny thing, rachel maddow carrying it in her back pack today. too soon for mainstream america saying the book is "a look back, not a path forward and was written as a review and critique of 50 years of federal excesses not in any way as a 2012 campaign blueprint or manifesto." joining me now, dave weigel, dave, how are you doing tonight? >> i'm doing well. thanks for having me. >> if fluoride in the water as a