start with gerald bernstein. what's your people know?x cut are in danger of leaving this economy and that is a very bad thing. these are policies that have been in place in 2011 and if congress doesn't extend them, they're going to leave the system. now, just keeping a fiscal policy like this, that's helping workers in the system doesn't give you any more of a boost because it's already there. it keeps your foot where it is on the accelerator. the last thing we need is to take it off. we need to put the foot down harder. watch this week. i hear whispering that there's a bipartisan deal in the making. but we'll have to see. they haven't gotten close. >> this is really important. we talked about the payroll tax cut yesterday. these are just the most basic effective obvious means of keeping the economy from sinking back into real intense -- >> for these to expire at this point in our economy -- >> disgraceful, obscene. >> it's effectively a tax hike. that's what you have to remember. >> so damaging. >>> katrina -- >> in the beliefs that we