which the president wants and has in his budget, there are more politically palatable places to get it. >> here's the problem -- >> people making $115,000 and would be, you know, paying more. >> so, here's the problem, the entire need for a deal, as you were talking about, chris, earlier in the segment, has to do with this urgent priority that is a washington obsession, which is to actually lower the deficit. when, in fact, the most urgent need outside of washington is to create more jobs, to raise take home pay and deal with the fact employers have walked away from pensions and 401(k)s are abysmal at actually protecting retirement, so we're going to need a more generous social security package in the future. it's not just related to what's going in the economy. >> very briefly, i agree with you on the short term, we're on completely the same page, but to say with the baby boomers retiring and these unbelievable, you know, boulders coming down