to have a vote on it. you can have things pass unexpectedly. you can have bad consequences out of the financial crisis, a secondary recession coming from an unexpected spike in energy pr[ces and then there s some sort of movement in the states you don t expect. that balanced budget amendment, i don t know if people have taken a close look at it. in effect, it would hold spending down. it says spending can t be above 18% of gdp in the previous year, which means about 16.7% of gdp in any given year. right now spending is 24% of gdp. you would have to cut the federal government by 1/3 almost half in order to get there. we have never done anything like that before. you can t do that and keep medicare, medicaid, social security and the military. it wouldn t be possible. do you think anyone on wall street told eric canter don t worry about raising the debt ceiling. i want to put canter in a room with a bunch of folks on wall street that says we need