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Why is not that petronoia that john was just talking about? >> there's a difference between how high the price of gas will be and what it actually does if it stays high. if it stays high, most economists are predicting 2.8% growth instead of 3.44 for the first half of this year. that translates into a loss of about 500,000 jobs that just don't get created. if they don't stay to buy restaurant meals or get your clothes cleaned, people spend less money on non-necessities. if it goes up past 4, 4 and a quarter, then growth could fall 2.5%. at that point it's hard to sustain the economy and things...

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40 million now. bob, maybe you can understand this. buck-83 for gasoline when he was sworn in. $3.44 today. >> bob: you as oil speculator could understand that more than the rest of us. >> greg: the most damning thing not on there is the unemployment is actually worse with the stimulus than what obama had predicted if you didn't have the stimulus. >> bob: right. >> greg: the doomsday scenario is not as bad as -- i'm so confused now bob. >> bob: but you're confused a lot. what do you think unemployment would be without the stimulus? >> greg: without the stimulus? lower, actually. >> bob: i unde...