There you go again, Donna, saying what we DON'T want. OK, I'll accept that. I don't want a VAT either.

But what I have done that you consistently refuse to do, is address the question of what do we do to reverse the growth in deficit spending and begin to pay down the national debt? I shouldn't be too critical of just you--I'm not aware of even one of our elected representatives in Washington who have come up with any ideas either. I think they all know the answers, but they're damn well not going to say them out loud because they'll lose the next election for sure if they suggest either deep spending cuts or increased taxes. Suggesting both would be the "third rail", as they say.

I have said that it will take both deep spending cuts as well as increased taxes to begin to solve the deficit/debt problem. You have said, "no, no, no, we don't want any more taxes". But you haven't suggested anything besides what we shouldn't do. Doing nothing, just saying "no" doesn't even begin to solve the problem.

What is the answer, Donna? What's your plan if it doesn't include any new taxes? Show us all the numbers. I know you'll come up with some other neat-sounding saying, you betcha' you will, but it won't address the problem. I know it won't because it can't.

I'll be waiting for your answer with some numbers attached.

By the way, Donna, in case you haven't noticed--you haven't, I know, based in your quote above--the U.S. is well along into a pretty nice economic recovery. Far better off than almost any other country in the world. I wonder how that happened?