we are here because we spend too much money. this plan had over $40 of tax revenue increases for every dollar that was cult. it should be $44 for cuts fur every dollar increased. >> you voted for the deal, wiam sure, reservations, as many have excess expressed? >> you either accept the deal or go over the fiscal cliff. and going over the fiscal cliff is not something this country needs. the repercussions would have been horr endous and the stock market would be plummeted. we were caught between a scprok a hard place. so i voted for t. now we have two more months until we get to the same type of fiscal cliff again. the grand plan so we wouldn't have the two-month intervals and we could have a couple of years where the country knows where it's going and we rye try to put