conservative economic policy. i ll give him credit. one of the sad but one of the sad it kept the economy going. and so did volcker. but ronald reagan raised the payroll taxes. which really hurt but joan, they re for social security. they make the program solvent. there were other ways to do it. he was a person who accommodated reality in a way that the tea party folks don t. he was a person that was to the detriment of my party, expanded his party. he was a big tent republican. we have tiny tent republicans. they want the party to fit into a tea bag, pat. let me answer your point about social security. they came in with the recommendation, and raised taxes. he did not like it. what they were doing. but had said, okay. if this is the only way to save social security, we ve got to do it. you don t see anything like that today in solving social security and medicare. first of all, there are