The only way get equality is have everybody have zero. So the goal should be, you know, expanded opportunity, growing prosperity for everybody. That should be the real goal. But you know, Joe mentioned Bowles Simpson. Larry, we've largely enacted Bowles Simpson. It's taken a lot of trouble, but you know, we've got about $2.1 trillion in spending restraint. President Obama got $700 billion of tax increases in the fiscal cliff plus a trillion dollars in Obamacare. (05:37–05:41)
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