Senator, first of all, I don't quite know how to ask the question, but I am going to try. Are you aware that the years of 1998 and 1999--for 2 full years, all the leases that were issued had no thresholds in them? Are you aware of that, Senator?
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I think that the last point that Dr. Rivlin made you can find in the report: that our plan is more progressive than the tax code we are replacing.
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