ability to take the money or not, some did, some didn t, some used it appropriately, some did not. the bottom line is we do not know the final out cox this. for any economist to sigh it was an absolute failure is a complete falsehood. it s completely wrong. housing numbers are not strong and they are not going to turn around. martha: you re not launching a vigorous defense, it sounds like you yourself have some real questions about this whole program. i think we all do. i think we all rightfully should. it s my money that was spent just like ours. and i think questions do need thob requested but you do need to keep in mind the situation at the time. we desperately needed to lead the world out of a recession. we don t have darn dash. martha: we still do. well, yes we still do. and as we look at what we were dealing back in 2009 we don t have the government failsafes. martha: lars go ahead. martha this is crazy. it s not crazy. martha: hold on rob, hold on rob. let lars talk.
in chernobyl, the people that were left behind died in three months because of the radiation levels they were exposed to. that is a terrifying thought in and of itself. are there other failsafes in place at these nuclear plants so if something like this happened, workers didn t have to give their lives. i don t agree what you said about suicide missions and that sort of thing. i don t think it is of that severity. these are trained nuclear technicians working in that plant and i this i they know what they re doing so i would not refer to this as saw sidal at all. there are many safeguards that are there in place. what happened here is a phenomenal natural zadisaster wh the huge tsunami that took out all the electrical systems that were there. it is not suicidal. you think after they get this taken care of, if they finally get the water back running that the people that are in there