Amid the continuing debate over the upcoming fiscal cliff, sources close to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) confirmed Monday that he simply wants his wife, Deborah, to listen to his budget proposal and isnt in the mood for a debate over her suggestions for alternative ways to reduce the federal deficit. Hey, honey, would you please stop throwing in your own ideas and just listen to what Im saying, okay? I know what Im doing here, said Boehner, who reportedly grew increasingly frustrated as his spouse interjected various ideas for closing loopholes, limiting deductions, and scaling back health care costs in order to trim the governments $16 trillion debt. Dont you think I would have thought of lowering marginal tax rates? If you just let me talk for two secondsDebbieDebbie, please!if you just let me finish, youll see that I already considered lower marginal tax rates as well as raising the rates of capital gains and dividends, and it doesnt work. The revenue doesnt add up, andsee, Im trying to explain it to you, but you wont listen. At press time, after hearing his wifes lengthy argument, Boehner was forced to concede that her suggestion to institute a gradual increase in the Medicare eligibility age was a pretty good idea, although similar to an idea I already had, actually. 