taxes and not cut spending? we are still screwed. if they put the 2% tax rate listen to the 3-1 ratio spending cuts to tax increases. but he is not doing that. that s what he said he was going to do. any economist worth their salt will say one thing and one thing only. if you want to get rid of the deficit, no one cares. you have taxes across the board and cuts across the board. and nobody wants that. shut up. i actually do agree with bill. i think we worry about the spending. interest rates are low and it is a complete manipulation by the federal reserve. what will happen at some point is the debt will be down graded again and then all of your loans and all of your interest rates will go up and you won t have a pot to pea in. to pee in. now you have my mind thinking of people peaking in pots. what will happen is we will