they are look at that along with the value of the fork value of their 401(k). neil: if we are to believe the new survey, the housing gods, they follow this across the country all the key regions and it continues to go down, housingen like some other key economic numbers and g.d.p., is not off the lows, it is getting more low. and that is a trend that is not the administration s friend. how does that play out when the biggest sense of our wealth is making us poor? guest: well, it will be a real drag for the president. and professor shiller of the shiller index gave an interview to the wall street journal and said he thinks this will muddle along for the next few months if not years and it does not look like it will get better. the president proposed in the