for people to get what the white house has been trying to explain? i think that s a fair point and i think the reason it s been hard is two fold. number one, this is the deepest recession since 1929. and since it began in 2007, more than 8 million people lost their jobs. now most experts who look at it think millions more would have lost their jobs had we not done that but that is, you know, when you re in the middle of the economic crisis, it s hard to find comfort in that. so, i think that s one part. the second part is, partly as a result of republicans intentions, intentionally doing this, there has been a conflating of people thinking that the t.a.r.p. rescue under the bush administration attributed to the stimulus package. it had nothing to do with banks. tax cuts for 95% of workers and