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Shorter and more effective, it was north of 4%, right at 4%. >> over 4%. even the clinton years in the 1990's, that recovery almost 4%. this is a historically sluggish, slow economy. i think the stimulus has a lot to do with it. you look at last year when finally government spending was receding, second half of last year was when we finally got the kind of growth we've been looking for. i think that is a good signal to private markets, entrepreneurs. they get more encouraged when they see government stepping back. it is the opposite of what the stimulus backers suggested. >> what the stimulus ...

Joe biden, telling those waiting in the unemployment line to, quote, remember, we're only 140 days into this deal, it's supposed to take 18 months. all right. now, 18 months later unemployment is standing at 9.5%. six point five million americans have been unemployed for six months or longer. and 17 states have an unemployment rate of 10 percent or higher. a little short of what the stimulus backers were promising. eric bolling, anchor of "money rocks" on the fox business network joins us to talk about it. eric, are you surprised at all we're 18 months in and at this point? >> 18 months has go...