idea, look at the data. this is about what this economy s doing right now and we need to be cognizant that this economy is running off a debt cliff. we are in an unsustainable spiral. you ll have to deal with that. if the president wants to talk about balance, start talking about balancing the budget so we re not running up more debt. this is the fundamental problem that plagues the economy over the next ten years. until he comes up with something to deal with that, we re not making real progress. i don t know how many nobel laureates are on your side but there are several who have been saying, we should be spending more money now, we can borrow at extremely low rates. paul krugman. i mean, name me nobel laureates. even if you look at the igm survey that comes out of the university of chicago, a conservative institution, they survey economists of all stripes and they all said that the stimulus worked. if you want to juice the economy now, i think it s time to consider a little more s