that hope and this, sort of grand picture inequality, the deterioration of the american dream did not reverse itself. you think of all the things he could have done to change the direction of the country on this. getting tough with wall street. making it easier to form a labor unionme union. starting to enforce anti-trust laws, for pete's sake, any of these things could have made a dent in the big picture disaster we're talking about that has befallen middle america. he didn't do those things and now we have gone, now our hope has sort of curdled into despair. >> but, you know, j.d., final thought from you, what i think of when i look at the initial graph, not so much zigging and zagging. indulge me, put it on the screen one more time but there was a pretty steady decline from 1940 until the present day which tells me, there it is. frankly, this hasn't been because of any particular administration. it makes me wonder, j.d., have