everybody. not just the rich, but everybody. and that takes taxes off the table. >> what about it, gene? >> i don't think that punishing typical middle class families who are working hard and playing by the rules is the right way for us to deal with the dysfunction that we've seen on the republican side and not being able to agree to the most reasonable types of compromise in which would include significant spending cuts in entitlement savings together with reasonable revenues for those who are afford it the most. they led from the beginning from this year and he's the one who brought parties together. he signed a trillion dollars in spending cuts. $3 trillion in additional deficit reduction. he stands ready at any time to work together to get a bipartisan agreement. but less be honest, the reason