henry morgenthau appears before the house ways and means committee, we have tried spending money. we are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. that's pretty straightforward english. we've been spending money more than we ever did before and it doesn't work. i say after eight years of the administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started, and an enormous debt to boot. and so, it's not rocket science to see that this idea of spending $787 billion that we don't have, it's not rocket science for us to be able to stand here six months ago and say, hey we hope it works, but it's not going to work, it's never worked in history before, it's a lousy solution, it's going to make the problem worse. we said all of those things. dozens of people stood on this floor and said those things. and it's not because they're so smart, it's because we understand the basics of what it takes to make jobs. the thing that kills jobs is too much government spending. now, i will say about the stimulus bill that we put in place, it would have made henry morgentha