nice, i know why people want them because they benefit from them. but the policy issue has gone away. and then they should get cut back and so everybody pays fairly the same thing. what incentives do we need to push? well, farm incentives, energy incentives, i ve talked about the carried interest on hedge funds. it s a nice idea. i think you should do a number of these kinds of things. but i think the answer is to make tax policy or spending cuts sitting around a table with a pressure of we ve got to get something by november 23rd is just insanity. and that s why on the cut side the first thing i would do is say let s take simpson/bowles and adopt it in the entirety, at least the expense side. maybe one or two things not. were you disappointed the president didn t even follow the advice of his own commission? well, i think the president should ve let congress debate it and have a vote on it and yes, i was, because i think they are smart guys, but most