It's obvious the new finance minister has very little discretion over the next several years. The Conservative fiscal plan of election 2006 exhausted virtually all fiscal surpluses in sight.

The next day, several people sent me images of that, and congratulations on that.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaeuble, her finance minister, are right to oppose fiscal and bank unions without political union.

As for new releases, we plan to terminate purchases of VHS sometime early next fiscal year. Next year, we want our business to be 100 percent DVD, with VHS as a supplement.

My plan is to own several businesses.

I am a proven conservative Republican leader. I emphasize that because this is a Republican primary. I have been very active in Republican politics. And I am in my ninth year of elected public office.