Something is wrong here, and I guess the next question has to go to the 51 percent who don't vote.

"It should go down at least 25 to 30 percent."

If the reported deal went through, the figure would go to 75 percent at closing.

Economists said they may go lower, perhaps to 9 percent.

The goal is to go to 4.4 percent, he said.

A third would go to the top 1 percent of taxpayers, those with income above $346,555.

The tax rate went to 4.2 percent on $6,600 in 1966, when Medicare was added.

Then we went to 200 percent and they still kept coming.

The prime rate went up by half a percentage point, to 9 percent.

He wants a five-year competition, with at least $15,000 per teacher going to the top 10 percent of schools.