balance. there are a lot of republicans i bet watching right now going yeah, where s he been all of our lives? why didn t he come up with that before. also when it comes to national control of illegal immigration you said we need national i.d. cards. we do. easiest way to control immigration, first of all, is national i.d. s, you should be able as an employer swipe an i.d., have a biometric i.d. and regardless of any concerns of ethnicity, you should say should this people be here or not? if you don t have the i.d., you don t get a job. congressman, how do we reduce entitlement spending? eliminate the concept of entitlements all together and needs test all benefits. indeed. if you look at the long-term value of our current entitlements it s $52 trillion and it exceeds the entire wealth of the american people. we cannot get the budget in balance without reforming entitlements. i think we ought to have a needs system. the i in the real title of social security, the i doesn t stan