under the president's proposal if it is a good idea why not do it now? >> delay so the unions so would get a big deal from the democrats and in the senate, something the unions put pressure on the democrats not even to have it but the democrats need the revenue so they wanted to tack it. >> greta: the fact that it doesn't happen for -- the president will be out, even if he has two terms he will be out. everybody is long gone. people who serve two years, even six years, long gone. are we being tricked? >> can i put it in a bigger context? >> >> greta: sure. >> we just had to be in session, christmas eve, 2009 to pass a bill that doesn't take effect until 24 teen or the provisions you are talking -- until 2014 or the provisions you are talking about 2018 why did we have to hurry up on christmas eve when we could have worked on it and