taxes. >> in january of 2010, the unemployment rate is almost two full percentage points higher than it is now. i will think that is a very selective choice. the president's never made any -- >> chris: but the economy is weaker now, sir. but the economy is at a weeker rate. 1.7% and it was at 2.3 about percent back then. >> chris, you are -- your clip is trying to suggest that the president about's -- that the leading concern for economic growth is that we not raise taxes on high income people. the focus of his program is broad-based growth, tax cuts for people that hire, a hiring tax cut rather than abolishing the estate tax, cutting high income people about's taxes by trillions of dollars. that just will not work. it didn't work in 2001 when the same people proposed it. and use used it. >> chris: , well, let me bring