recession but for real people, it hasn t ended. has it gotten worse? absolutely. am i afraid? absolutely. i know you well and i know that you do not want to see taxes rise. i know that. hold on a second. i want you to listen to what speaker pelosi had to say on taxes. repealing the bush tax cuts will help the deficit situation. it will help the deficit situation. it s pretty clear in the last eight years, the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest in america did nothing to promote growth. stuart: you re itching to go. the economy didn t collapse because rich people stopped paying mortgages. you take the six quarters before the bush tax cuts, gdp up, after the next 6, up, across the board, we lost a quarter of a million jobs and gained 300,000, all within the six quarters