Well, I would say that you know, I've had a change of heart based upon a personal experience. That's certainly true.

It wasn't an issue I had given much thought to prior to that maybe I should have.

Waiting is dangerous, and not touching things is dangerous.

100 percent of our rising long-term debt is due to entitlement costs, to three entitlement programs--very important but unsustainable--and interest on the debt.

Instead of up 10 percent in the discretionary entitlements, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security alone go up 100 percent.

I think it is a wet blanket on the economy.

I think to say that there is an exact number based on a historical norm kind of misses the fact that there is this large cohort moving through the system that we are going to have to make some tough choices about.

I think that if we are talking about reducing spending, which we should be, as well as raising revenues, that is where we should be focusing on.

The President said not a dime in the deficit, which I guess means higher taxes.

Last night in the State of the Union address, the President said a lot of things.

I think a reformed tax system with a lower rate that encourages investment in the United States and the creation of jobs in the United States would be good for American workers who would fill those jobs.