are medicare, medicaid and social security, which are growing at roughly 6 and 8% a year when good economic growth is 3. that s why republicans put a plan on the table to insure that seniors today and near seniors in the current program but will reform it for future generations which is something the president doesn t do. according to the congressional budget office, you have medicare going broke in ten years and social security going broke by 2037 and the president kicks the can down the road. but you debate foreign affairs. that comes up. i talk about it. absolutely, peggy. again, as i think you know, foreign aid in the budget is about 1%, the cost of iraq and afghanistan, i don t quite have the numbers. 3% of the budget, circuit numbe significant numbers but pale in comparison to our structural