joining us now is jarrett bernstein, the measure of the presidents white house council of economic advisersd to see you. thank you for being with us tonight. these few trillion dollars, roughly five, depending how you, measure they lifted 20 million people out of poverty. a little under half of all the people who are living in poverty in the united states. how do you think about this sustainably? how do you think of the idea that giving this money directly to people who need it most, created such a monumental change. >> great question. thank you so much for highlighting these important accomplishments at the hands of the american rescue plan, by not just getting checks in pockets, but also shots in arms. so important to getting folks back to reengage with commerce. i say that having listened to the last segment, so obviously, we are not out of those woods yet. the combination of the president always viewed as a dual health economic crisis. the thing that we learned is essentially twofold. one, the government has a tremendously important and deeply truer tip role to play when the economy hit