It seems like we always have a limited pot that we're pushing around and it seems like it's getting worse by the year.

Well, and it's a limited pod by our own creation.

And it's tied to the question that you asked before, whether people still live, believe in Reaganomics, right? And I mean, I think you have to look at the recommendations out of the Governor's Prosperity Council to realize that, yeah, there's a segment that particularly those that have a lot of money and, you know, are dependent on corporate profits, right? You know, to to to implement this Reagan-esque approach of trickle down economics.

So that's alive and well, at least in a segment of our society.

But let's take the three policies, tax policies that you highlighted, the kicker, property taxes and no sales tax.

All of those three policy choices were policy choices based on ideology, not on whether that would have a positive effect on the lives of Oregonians.

The kicker was put in place in order to control.

So I guess my question is, why is that so hard for people to talk about or why is making those changes not the utmost priority? Well, I