regard. >> i always think the timing issues is when people don't think about it enough. fdr, people say why isn't -- when fdr came into office the great depression had gone on for three years, unemployment was 25% when you came into office the great recession had been going on a couple of months and unemployment in the 6% range. obviously we were, you know, 700,000 jobs a month. so then things began to get worse. the -- because it worked -- because of what you did to some degree worked to stave tv prices and administration did in the federal reserve did, the -- things never quite as radical. i feel like the people back -- why wasn't there more radical -- >> you know, i heard the president himself express that view. so -- you are right. you know, i guess one thing where i would say -- when you talk about missed opportunities, i actually think that -- there has been too much attention to things like the size of the stimulus which, you know, i -- would have liked it to be bigger. given the constraints, the largest we could get. i think it is the composition of -- when i look back i think