want to see, alex, and i hope the president leads in this, of bringing the country together, helping the american people to understand that we must reform entitlements. there s really no option around that. we must speak the truth to the american people. they can handle the truth. they are looking for solutions and they are looking for leadership. so it sounds to me like you would support something if we were allowed to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 a year, as long as that comes with the spending cuts? alex so difficult up here, i m in my first term, first elected office so difficult to say i would or would not vote on a particular bill, having not read t if for example, the president includes an insistence that the national debt can be raised by him exclusively and unilaterally, i can t imagine voting for that, because i think congress needs to restatain tha responsibility and duty. i will have to look at the whole