term and pays down our debt so it saves the program. let me give you a great example. this is the favorite about medicaid. if you are a single mother with three children today, federal government is spechkd $11,000 on you today. right now in most communities in this country, there is very few doctors who will see medicaid patients. for example, in my district only 20% of the doctors will actually see a medicaid patient. we're spending $11,000 on this family. you can get a good plan in my district for $8,000. this stuff isn't rocket science we have to get past the politics and get on to real solutions for this country. if we don't do it i think we're going to pay a painful price. >> gregg: let me talk about taxes, citing the laffer curve, i think we can put that up. if taxes get high enough it