Well, if they were, it was for a month or two, because they've been down now. And the point is they're way down, because the ``misery index'' that was invented by the Democrats of inflation and unemployment was 21, and now it's 10. All I'm saying is, not everything is good. But I'm telling you--you asked me how I arrived at that----
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