allow all of that spending just to be cut. it is not going to happen. going back to what james said, when the american people start to look at numbers and start to look at a big vat tax on top of the taxes they are already paying the federal government every year on april 15th, i think there is room for a leader, some leadership to come along and say here are the numbers, here s the waste let s talk about cutting the size of the government. steve, will it happen? i sure hope so. by the way mary great way to start with what you are talking about. there s 500 billion dollars of the stimulus bill that still been spent. let s save by not spending money on a program that hasn t created jobs. i want to go back to the idea that dan was talking about, about the value added tack. it is important for viewers to understand who pays that tax. tax directly aimed at the middle class. a sales tax you pay at the
no politician is going to allow all of that spending just to be cut, it s not going to happen. you re going back to what james said, when the american people start to look at the numbers and start to look at a big vat tax on top of the taxes they re already paying the federal government every year on april 15th, i think that there is room for a leader, some leadership to come along and say, look, here are the numbers, here is the way. let s talk about cutting the size of the federal government. steve, will it happen? well, i sure hope so and by the way, mary, a great way to start with what you re talking about. you know, there s 500 billion dollars of the stimulus bill that still hasn t been met. let s save 500 million dollars by just not spending money on a program that hasn t created jobs, but i want to go back, if i may, stuart, to this idea that how we re talking about the value-added tax, it s important for our viewers to understand who pays that tax. that s a tax directly a
no politician is going to allow all of that spending just to be cut, it s not going to happen. you re going back to what james said, when the american people start to look at the numbers and start to look at a big vat tax on top of the taxes they re already paying the federal government every year on april 15th, i think that there is room for a leader, some leadership to come along and say, look, here are the numbers, here is the way. let s talk about cutting the size of the federal government. steve, will it happen? well, i sure hope so and by the way, mary, a great way to start with what you re talking about. you know, there s 500 billion dollars of the stimulus bill that still hasn t been met. let s save 500 million dollars by just not spending money on a program that hasn t created jobs, but i want to go back, if i may, stuart, to this idea that how we re talking about the value-added tax, it s important for our viewers to understand who pays that tax. that s a tax directly a