>> that is so scary. >> it's 91%. and -- >> that was the eisenhower years but he transitioned out of that. >> right, it continued on. i think it was a 91% rate through 1963. the marginal tax rate at the top was 94%. for the top wage earners in this country. >> actually -- >> can you imagine? >> to be fair and balanced, the richest people in america are paying less taxes if you equate it with time as well. they paid -- the 400 highest income earners averaged $345 million. they paid 17% tax down from 26% in 1992 so it appears to be doing this and then that brings you back to the argument of eventually you have to go to the middle class to try to make up all the revenue if you want to go along with the president's plan. >> that's why both sides agree there should be tax reform and they should find a way to go on that rather than saying these are the bad guys. these are the good guys and that's where i thought we were heading into that speech last