who figure out a way around the system. we really need to look at the larg larger infrastructural issues. no simple answers. here s another one. students across the country are gearing up for summer break. and some are asking, should they be? could that time be better spent improving math, science and reading scores? should kids be allowed to be kids during the summer? america does not do well in international comparisons on math and science. we re in school 180 days a year. but guess what? the country at the top of the list, finland they re in school 190 days. south korea, they go to school for 220 days. i used to think, why not keep them in school longer? i m a big believer in summer jobs to teach kids responsibility. and there is a case to be made for that. on the other hand, this is some they call it the spring
not broad deficit or deficit targets that punt the questions to the future. and with the exception of tax hikes, which in my opinion will destroy american jobs, everything is on the table. will, what serious conversation about debt reduction begins by absolutely taking the possibility or discussion of tax hikes off the table? not very many serious discussions. i don t know. i remember when i was little, my dad took me to a car dealership and said, this is how you buy a car. i remember they wrote the numbers down on a piece of paper and slid them across the table. my dad s offer was excessively low. that s the only comparison i can make. i look to guys more like tom coburn. you can t question coburn s ideological position. i hope you re right. that s what people around me at the speech were saying. it s an hoping salvo. jean, if we wanted to keep our debt at the level that it s at right now, not reducing it just simply keeping it from growing through spending cut, we d h