public health -- and schools of public health in general really are ground zero of this movement -- is quoted as saying, "a school of public health is like a school of -- of justice. the american public health associations quite politicized. they have lots of policy statements, some of them make perfect sense. they talk about lead exposure and good policies for -- for preventing that. but they also have policy statements on campaign finance reform and on the war in nicaragua and earned income tax credits. and this certainly is moving away from the fundamental mission of public health which is developing the scientific and practical basis of disease and injury prevention. c-span: what's a consumer survivor? >> guest: consumer is the politically correct word for psychiatric patient. c-span: consumer? >> guest: yes. in fact, you'll... c-span: well, who -- politically correct among what group? >> guest: among my -- some of my colleagues, certainly among the folks who run the center for mental health services, which is a part of hhs that gives out the block grant for ment -- state mental health funding, certainly among advocates for the mentally ill. the word consumer is basically an effort to negate the hi

the public option, too. these are the american nurses association, the american cancer society, the american medical association and aarp. even hospitals, such as the national association of children's hospitals are supporting the principles of healthcare change and the public option. when the american medical association says they are for the public option, they let you know that the other people on the other side of the aisle are saying, oh, the democratic congress wants to get between you and your doctors, isn't true. it's just not the case. you need to be aware of the myths that are out there. as i said before, three courageous members of the progressive caucus went over to the white house today and offered a congressional progressive caucus' perspective and i was proud that they did that. the congressional progressive caucus did not receive an invitation but we showed up and we handed our ideas to the people who were invited and we are happy to see that both speaker pelosi and majority leader hoyer introduced the idea of the public option and we thank them for that. and so let me move into another area before we wrap it up tonight and what i want to talk about is the economy. now, it's important as we discuss the economy to be