this. we don't have to cope with this. this is political policy mistake the administration has made and no way we should start ark justing and giving into the problem. people need to start pushing back and a lot are doing that by saying mr. president, get it together, especially on energy right now. >> todd: taking this as a whole, if we keep nickel and diming middle class, will there be a middle class left? >> brian: they will not have a lot of nickels and dimes left. we got to talk about this, risk is not inflation going up, it is spending starts to reduce, stagnation in the economy. that is when it hurts, wages are not going up, that is the problem we'll have soon. >> carley: national employment rate is what, 3.8%?