happening -- alisyn: because of stimulus? >> no, they were propping up bad companies. alisyn: bailouts. >> in this country we've got banks that are going bust not because of bad account, we've got crazy accounting policies where i'm as tall as charles. [laughter] i'd like to be, but i'm not. and also we've got bailouts of companies that didn't need bailing out, they just needed to go true the bankruptcy process which is completely normal. this is america, you're allowed to fail. you can start again. but if you don't let it fail, it's bad for everybody else. alisyn: but to charles' point, i don't think this is a democrat or relin issue. you have private economists like paul krugman saying that this recovery is not happening fast enough because the stimulus wasn't big enough. there's differences as to why the economy's not recovering, but it's not fair to say that everybody's writing a rosy picture of what's going on right now. >> well, krugman wants more of the stuff thatçui simon --