aftermath, which is ballooning deficits. and it was but it was kind of interesting to hear senator mcconnell say this is about entitlement programs and we will have to cut those. there are issues with those programs. there is no doubt that the ballooning deficit is related to the fact that tax revenues have dropped up exponentially because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut. part of the grand idea was to create a deficit situation where they could say we have to create entitlements. we ll see what happens there. the president doesn t seem to be on board completely with mitch mcconnell on that, but time will tell. let me just say one thing. let me say one thing about that, john, and the mid-terms. when i saw what mcconnell, my first thought was every republican in the country will