B
Yeah, I, I think that you're absolutely right there. The other thing is, is that we've got these, um, these, all these bank defaults going on, and, and savings and loan defaults, and, and, uh, uh,
A
And that effectively adds to whether it's officially on the books or not.
B
Right. Exactly. Um,
A
And that's got to be paid.
B
Exactly, and, and, uh, so this creates a pretty serious problem that's going to continue to be with us for a while to come. Um, I'm not really, uh, sure that I even understand why the administration is proposing, for instance, tax reductions, because it seems to me that if, if, if they're talking about reducing, uh, the tax that needs to be paid, or the tax that's currently being paid, then that can't, it seems to me it can't possibly, you know, help with the, the deficit picture.
A
It can only hurt the deficit picture.