so you won't see -- this date is very important, but i think that mid-january date is equally as important. so the hope would be we can take a balanced approach where we replace some of these sequestration cuts, which in mid-january you're going to see over $20 billion in additional cuts with other things. revenue. i could be on for an hour telling you ideas there as well as maybe some reform. >> what kind of revenue? what kind of taxes? >> i would throw out that you could get rid of some of the subsidies out there. ethanol subsidies have gone away. oil is at 40 billion right now. you could have a negotiation of prices under medicare part d. that brings in over $200 billion in revenue. home mortgage deduction, very important in our country. you could set it at $500,000 in value on a home and still if you buy a $1 million home, you get it up to that $500,000 value. that brings in tens of billions of dollars. there are many things we could