and that will be the question. are people willing to go through the give and take? compromise is going to require everybody, you know, giving a little bit. and, you know, that's why a balanced approach will require that at the very least you say to the big oil companies who are making these record profits, look, there is no reason taxpayers -- excuse me? >> what are the democrats willing to give on? are you going to give on medicare or some big changes in entitlements? >> the president's proposal he laid out a couple of weeks ago showed he was willing to make significant cuts in a number of areas. and so that is why the co-chairs of the bowls simpson commission came out and said that the president has a balanced and comprehensive approach. what they said about the house republican budget was the opposite. they said it was not balanced and not comprehensive. so, yes, the president has put on the table a couple of weeks ago, look at the detail of his plan, he puts a number of