about the deficit. >> well, he should focus on small businesses and say, listen, we'll give you a tax break. we'll give you short-term relief in your debt and we're going to extend short-term credit to small and mid-size businesses, which is our conversations that he has not yet had today. these are absolute things that he could do immediately that would have short term and long-term effects on the economy. what the president has done is taken short-term steps things like cash for clunkers or checks in your mail and these other short-term fixes are creating demand strikes. >> good to see you again, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. we just got this information in and mortgage rates fell to the lowest point in five decades, although some are questioning whether that will be enough to jump start the housing market. freddie mac the mortgage company said the average right now for a 30-year fixed loan is 4.57%. campaigning for senator