A
Right.
B
But that's the politicalness of trying to not create any new taxes.
A
Right. But I guess when I hear, when I see the comparison between the United States and, uh, any other western country, uh, their, their rates are like, uh, forty-one, forty-two and ours are like thirty-six, thirty-seven, you know, if you compute as a percentage of total income, all taxes lumped together, we actually do pretty well. T-, th-, there's no other country that's, that is taxed as low as we are.
B
Well and I still think that, having lived in Europe for awhile, you know, difference in living conditions --
A
Yeah.
B
-- are certainly well worth, uh, what we pay for it.