and the payroll tax cuts and avoiding tax hike at that point which many economists suggested would have cost us more in economic growth, the president may have done himself a good deal of benefit by agreeing to that tax compromise at that point, which also makes i think especially more absurd he is talk about the tax hikes. it makes his argument in his plan, deficit reduction plan to the extent it is a plan for raising taxes now at a time where economic growth is slowing. really i think dangerous. bret: do you agree with that? he is careful to talk about raising rate on the rich. when the current agreement expires so that would happen after the election. in other words, he knows as a man who wants to be re-elected could be suicide if he raises rates now because it would produce a double dip recession. then he would beest toast. he talks about it in the abstract. he wants the political issue, tacking the rich. republicans love the rich and