is actually in large part due to americans dropping out of the labor force. that means people who are unemployed who essentially give up on searching for a job and nothing about that is good, and yet we saw the president there talking about the fact that unemployment rate has dropped to 4.8%. you heard the president say jobs up, wages up, unemployment is down. he said that is progress. what we also saw the president do, of course, there was talk about the fact that in order to further that progress he needs the rest of his agenda passed and that means the infrastructure deal. that means the the budget reconciliation bill which would expand the social safety net, address climate change issues as well. of course, on that front, it s not really a question of getting republicans on board. it s a question of getting the democratic caucus to be singing from the same hymn book here, so, again, it was interesting to see how defiant the president was in the face of what economists are general