and krystal ball. thank you for being here. thanks for having us. 700,000 jobs at risk and congress doesn t do anything on the highway trust fund? how dangerous is it for the economy? as dangerous are as anything i can think of for the economy. we re talking about a job market that s really gained mo men the item in recent months. i was talking about it with krystal and her colleagues when the last job report came out. over the last three months we are generating 270,000 jobs a month on average. a year ago it s 200,000. why was 2013 so much weaker than this year so far in the economy? a lot of it has to do with this kind of fiscal drag. that s when fiscal policy pushes the wrong way, creates headwinds against economic growth instead of tail winds we need. you teed it up this the introduction. if congress won t help the