foundation and aei had it as well, 55% of americans paid any income tax to the federal government. we ll get into this. and discuss it. because there is a lot of angles. how did we get here in the first place? take a listen to what president obama has been telling us the hast couple of years. everyone gets a fair shot and does their fair share and plays by the same set of rules. americans who afford it should pay their fair share. it makes sense for those of us who have done best to do our fair share. the american values of fai fairness. of fairness and responsibility. we expect everyone to do their fair share. everyone is doing their fair share, everyone engages in fair play. everybody does their fair share. build an economy everybody gets a fair shot and does their fair share and takes responsibility. everyone is playing by the same set of rules.
shut it down? well, a couple of things. one is, first of all, that no one federal department can do it by itself. i m the secretary of homeland security. we have 230,000 men and women who spend every day protecting the united states in different ways. they can be doing it at the tsa, they can be doing it at customs and border protection, at i.c.ee they get up every day thinking about how do we protect the homeland? what do we need toe do more? we need to know and recognize as a country that we have a shared responsibility where terrorism ised concerned and that sharedar responsibility emanates from our individual citizens, our cities, our states, and then multiple parts of p the federal governmet share responsibility for different parts. and indeed, in terms of homeland security, we do a lot of international work.n why? because if we wait til something hits the homeland, it s probably too late. i have, in all i fairness, ie