michael, is as you know we have the highest business tax rates in the world. it just puts america in an uncompetitive position. we have a higher business tax rate than sweden, than france, than russia. socialist countries have lower tax rates than we do. it puts american in an uncompetitive position, it sucked jobs out of the united states when our businesses moved to places like dublin, ireland, where the tax rate is only 12.5%. we believe and i love austin's response to this that if you get those rates down -- by the way, president obama proposed a reduction as you recall, austin, in the business tax rate, it didn't happen unfortunately, but you get those rates down i think that sucking sound is going to be, michael, those jobs and businesses coming back to america and that's what it's really all about. >> austin, you can respond, but i want you to talk about in addition to what steven just raised is it only about tax policy? it seems to me there are many more intangibles that govern whether the economy is go to