was because people left the labor force. it seems to be primarily teens and young people which is sending a horrible message for their job prospects for the summer. and with extensions and the congress and the administration needs to be much more aggressive -- >> but there is this whole debate about whether the issue now is stim uls or dulus or def reduction. >> they need to do it more now. >> here is my question about where we are. if the economy started to recover last summer or fall, shouldn't we be doing better? >> compared to the last two recoveries, it took 15 months after the 1991 recovery began before the rate started to go bad. it took 19 months. >> it was lower. the drop was less, steep.