really affects us as a nation, because we only have 330 million people and we have to compete against china and india with over a billion people each. so we have to strengthen the fabric of our nation by educating all of our students. it's incumbent upon every segment of our population. >> isn't it redistribution of wealth? it's redistribution of education wealth, but it's redistribution, right? >> well, it's the government having a responsibility to educate everyone and looking at the best system in order to do that. >> but i guess -- >> i think that's very different from a situation where someone is working hard, is making, you know, a lot of money, is providing a lot of jobs and is contributing to the fabric of america and then us going along and saying, well, he's got too much. and this guy over here, he has too little so let's just take this one and give it to that one. that's much more arbitrary. >> well, you're talking about