come to me and say you're right, we could pay a higher tax because they understand the impact if we don't invest like we have to. on their long-term health and well being. this needs to change. working folks understand it. that is why despite the attacks and misinformation, my plan still has the overwhelming support of the american people when they're told what is in it. i understand that when families have a little more breathing room, america has a lot better shot. my dad used to say, for real, my dad was a well read, well bred man who was -- regretted his whole life he never had a chance to go to college and he worked like heck. he would come home for dinner and go back to work. and i remember we lived in a four bedroom split level home with four kids and a grandpa. and my bed was against the wall where my parents bed was against adjacent wall.