stimulate the economy by putting more people in people's hands so they can spend it. but at the same time, you've got these enormous deficits, $1.5 trillion plus we've been running and you've got to increase revenues to get those down. how do you reconcile those? >> economists are very worried about that. for the long-term, you do have the deficit is this big cloud hanging over the health of the economy longer term. a lot of people do think, though, for the short-term, you probably need to do something you can even if it does add to the deficit to get the economy moving forward again. as a lot of people do point out, the deficit can kind of take care of itself if the economy improves to the type of level where people start spending again and you have all kinds of tax revenue going up. not just individuals, but corporate, as well. >> good to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> and for more on the cnn money economist survey and the money news that matters most, go to cnn.com. cnnmoney.com. go to cnn.com, and we'll get you anyway. >> and they'll be mad if we