that's a harbinger of really great things to come. and i would expect to see the economy doing very well for the year as a whole. i would hope well above 3% -- paul: above 3%? >> above 3 for the year, yeah. paul: wow. okay. so you were going to make a point about growth rates? because you're an outlier here if you're predicting 3% or well above 3% for this year. there aren't many people doing that. >> well, i don't mean 8% -- paul: i know, but -- >> 3% for the year, 3 plus. paul: look, art, i'm going to -- >> 3 or a little plus. you don't get a stock market like this, paul, without good economic growth in the future. you just plain don't, and this stock market's amazing for the first six months. we have very low interest rates, which is great, we have no inflation. i mean, this is a perfect, this is a goldilocks economy right now. the policies and the transparency, paul, and the medical sector, you know, that's