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economy. we are sitting in a unique position today that we didn t have a decade ago, that is strength in the gas and oil sectors. we should be working with the consumers in europe, who are now buying from russia and reliant on russia to change their purchasing patterns a bit. that s the kind of thing that would really result in leverage vis-a-vis russia. i suspect that s in the minds of the policymakers. you get the feeling a lot of people have that on their mind. it is good to see you. we love a double huntsman day on the cycle. given your experience in the high level of the obama administration. can you give us an example of what happens on the high level talks? we have heard reports from the white house of two phone calls with president putin abdomen president obama and not pro forma calls. one 90 minutes, another an hour.
whatever. they are struggling to do essentials. we are already in trouble. they should have a special index for seniors because they have different purchasing patterns. if we go with this so-called chained cpi, it will stick it the most to those who can least afford it. that is seniors most dependent upon social security. they will see their cost of living adjustments go way again or see them be much smaller in the future. there a pretty good consensus in the democratic caucus today. we didn t go go there. social security didn t cause this problem. remember, social security didn t get a penny from the general fund. the only reason they got money from the general fund this year, is because of the obama tax holiday for social security. so we had to borrow the money to replace it. social security owns 30% of our debt. social security didn t cause this problem. we don t need to cut social security. why do we continue to have conversations, congressman,