the whole blown on the -- even albert einsteinen couldn't fill a three trillion dollars hole with $800 billion. first. second, the stimulus was designed to put a floor in that hole. and it works. 36% of the stimulus money went to a tax cut to 95% of the american people. most americans voted on election day not knowing they had received that tax cut. why? because it was given out in the most economically effective way by cutting the payroll tax. and the republicans didn't consider it a tax cut since the top 5% didn't get theirs. [laughter] no, wait a minute. i want you to laugh, but it's serious. the most important thing in the world for me is someone who now makes money that i never dreamed i'd make, was i got my five tax cuts or whatever under president bush. i made out like a bandit. i should have changed parties. [laughter] but it didn't seem to me to work. but the american people didn't know that. they didn't know that the other 30% of the money went to state and local governments to try to keep them from having to lay off a million teachers and police officers and health care work