affluent, you would generate this much money. that's without the economic factor being put there. >> but on the other side of that you could argue that revenue would collapse because the economy would collapse. >> bill: economy would go down because you are pulling money out of the economy. >> can i quickly give you a stat? i love. this if you took going back to the boone, 100% of everything that everybody made who made over half a million dollars in this country. 1.3 trillion, not enough to even fill the budget hole. >> bill: and i believe this is correct the tax revenues under bush were the highest ever. is that correct? >> they might be going up in the coming year. >> bill: okay. so they did collect more taxation when they cut the rates under bush. i could be wrong on that but i think i'm right. anyway, dagen, nice to see you. >> great to see you. >> bill: pinheads and patriots on deck. movie about the thug mobster john gotti. right back with p and p.