in this society and building our middle class. and by the way, i put forward proposals in my budget reforms for our taxes and help us invest in new jobs and produce our dev its. and these were originally republican proposals. so i've shown myself willing to go more than half way. in these conversations and if reasonable republicans want to talk about these things again, i am ready to head to the hill. i'll even spring for dinner again. but i'm not going to do it until the more extreme parts of the republican party stop forcing john boehner to issue threats about our economy.