balance, and he claims that he s a budget balancer. he s using supply-side economics, have a 20% tax policy that s a $5 trillion tax cut. i agree with you. i agree with you that republicans doesn t make sense. acting and being polite and it doesn t make sense. e.j., quick point. president obama put a plan on the table that would balance the budget in 12 years, which is quicker than the ryan budget. i m a liberal. i didn t even agree with everything that was in that plan. but the notion that this president hasn t put down budget proposals. he tried to reach a deal with john boehner and that deal fell through. he was willing to put a lot on the table. how many votes did that plan get? well, that is a side issue. it got zero votes. not a democrat in the senate voted for it. not a one. yes, because the vote was put up there as a political matter. the fact it was a serious plan and serious budgets get voted on that s not a serious plan. let me come back to