term it is a problem, i don't think this message of spending cuts -- >> well, by the way, paul just agreed that only three people agree with him. >> i said only three people are saying it without prefacing it with the obligatory three paragraphs. ben bernanke gave a speech last week that was for all practical purposes saying the same thing i'm saying. he said, you know, the debt outlook looks relatively okay for the next ten years. we would like it to be lower, but it's relatively okay. spending cuts right now are a really bad thing. it was essentially indistinguishable on the substance, not the style. i got a different style, but the substance -- >> yes, you do. >> but the substance is no different at all. >> the problem with not focusing on the long-term debt now is it is a generational problem. again, i'm not playing go ining but going back to what paul wrote and has been writing until the crash, you've got to plan