tell my dad was so restless, i was in high school. the next morning i asked my mom, what's the matter with dad? she said, well, honey, his company just told him it was going to do away with health insurance, no health insurance. well, you know what? my dad -- we weren't poor. my dad made probably an average in those days, 20, 22, $25,000 a year, which was a decent salary. but he used to say, everybody's entitled to just a little bit of breathing room, just a little bit. a little bit of breathing room. you know, they know this is about dignity and respect. we built this economy from the bottom up and the middle out. i've never seen a time, and some of you may have, beyond my colleagues in the congress and the press, you may have your masters or doctor's degrees in economics, name a time in