so let me get this right, we're going to balance the budget off of the back of the poor and the middle class and not the rich, but somehow in republican logic, that's supposed to help the poor. the realities that you and your party, senator coburn, destroyed the middle class by giving tax breaks to the companies who outsource their jobs, and by the way, the republican party blockade bill that would take away those subsidies earlier in year. also made them disappear by giving every conceivable tax advantage to the rich, including dividend and capital gains taxes of only 15%. you made them disappear by crushing their unions and the ability to negotiate with multinational corporations that are making them work longer hours for less pay. and how about balancing the budget? when's the last time the republican party has done that in the last 30 years? oh, right, never. reagan giant, recordbreaking deficits.