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You see trouble brewing again in europe. and other parts of the world. so its not just us. were all in the quick sand. >> michelle? >> well, i mean, i think so before gilt i was at citigroup and do market research on surveys. they dont like uncertainty and reading headlines of uncertainty. i think thats been the plague here is that every time we seem to have something moving in the right direction. we set ourselves back. and a lot of it is caused by washington. so, i mean, i feel like when you l...

>> okay. bill, so it was your survey or the nfib survey that showed that pessimism. we had you guys for a little while, but now youve gone back to where it was. what do you think will turn peoples attitudes around, get them more optimistic again? >> well, i think we have to get consumers to be a little more optimistic. you notice the consumer optimism went into the tank as well last month, so if theyre not spending it, of course, theres not much we can do. wed be happy to hire a few more million...

What do you think will turn peoples attitudes around, get them more optimistic again? >> well, i think we have to get consumers to be a little more optimistic. you notice the consumer optimism went into the tank, as well, last month. so if theyre not spending, then, of course, theres not much we can do. we would be happy to hire a few million more people if we had customers to take care of, and thats not the case. so weve got a very dour outlook for how the economy is going to look. in fact, the...