there are a lot of smoke and mirrors in the earnings, and revenue, basically what withdyo sell has noteen good for many companies. >> there's an old saying "wall street is not the economy," and that is certainly true. let's put a graphic up on the screen. take a look at this. economic growth is stagnant. joblessness is still way too high. manufacturing is flat. people in poverty, up to 50 million. that's a record. a record number living on food stamps. a record 10.9 million collecting disability. the economic picture is bleak. and, yet, wall street is at a record high. >> well, yeah, sometimes people say that wall street is a leading indicator that it goes first and then the economy follows. but the one thing that you didn't mention there is very troubling to me, and that is that consumer confidence is at a two-year low. now, consumer spending makes up about 2/3 of our economy of economic growth. and so we're heading into the very important holiday season. if consumers don't feel confident -- >> right. >> -- if they don't know that they're going to keep their job, and many of the jobs