of solutions to what ails the nation financially. the white house will push back on that and say the state of the union address is not the budget. the state of the union address is where you talk in grand themes about where you want to take the country. i think he may or may not be right come february when the president puts numbers to paper where exactly he wants to take the country. again, this is where i agree with you, mr. stockman, no one in washington, or biden over the president's right shoulder isling to make the tough decisions that have to be made in order to right the ship. >> how would you sell it, david? he has to talk about raising revenue, and he has to level