we'll fund that, we'll fund that. what does a piecemeal approach, is it good economics or politics, and should the president be signing this piecemeal legislation? >> it's terrible economics, that's for sure. i'm sure there's some people thinking it's nice we're picking off programs one by one and deciding which ones we like and which we don't. that's no way to govern. i detect a silver lining here. i think we're getting an interesting civics lesson out of this. it's worth pointing out a lot of americans are very suspicious of the government, and that's not just tea partiers, that's a lot of independents. people feel they pay taxes, their money goes into this giant black hole, it's like this giant machine that sort of hums in the background. so we've kind of drained the lake and we're now seeing the things that are not happening because the government's not doing them. and, you know, americans are not heartless. they care about where their tax money goes, but i think most americans are okay with the idea that we have support nets and