but it actually doesn't do that. there is a problem where they need to market it better. what you are doing is just saying, i think economists would say you want to tax consumption as opposed to people work, savings, investment. you are saying we are going to tax stuff that is consumed in the united states, whether it's imported or made here, same tax. what we don't want to tax is production. so stuff that goes overseas and gets taxed over there, we are not also going to tax here. this is a little bit of a debate between tastes great and less filling. we are talking about lower rates, a smaller money grab from washington. and the question is how do you do that? paul: there is no question, everybody agrees, if this happens you are likely to see an increase in the value of the