deficit savings is more spending cuts. right. be aware we have cut $2.5 trillion so far on the spending side. i m sorry, reduction already. 70% 0 of that has been spending cuts already so this really is their shrink government turf. exactly as you suggested. you know, on the one hand, we finally got an agreement that we can go to conference committee and try to look at the two budgets and have a budget and stop going from continuing resolution to continuing resolution. and yet, the deadlines, the short-term deadlines and the deal cut this week, doesn t that give republicans a bit of leverage? actually, i think the fact that the government was shut down for 60 days, they have lost the narrative that people don t need government. they lost the narrative that people all of a sudden don t need s.n.a.p. or medicare or medicaid. they don t need social security. now the american people realize what happens when government completely shuts down and impacts them.