the super committee, i call them the subpar committee, couldn't even agree on the $1.2 trillion in cuts and i think we could do things that are more proactive in at least sort of tempering the blow rather than accelerating the blow from europe. it doesn't mean we can escape it. we are not an island and muhammad is exactly right on this. >> alexis? >> you know, think to diane's point, she's absolutely right. this is not a black and white issue. this is a global economy. we're seeing it unfold. the thing we have to be careful looking a the this at home, there's a difference between how the stock market behaves, how corporate america is behaving and govern sovereign nations are performing. the stock market loves coordination. they want to see an attack to do something about it. but when you look at the sovereign nations and governments, to diane's point, fiscal austerity measures, getting your deficits in order, these are things that are going to take years to address. it's going to...