And I think over time you'll see that the ideas we're talking about will prevail. And I'll just give you a quick antidote because I'm so much older than Ben. But In 1979, 80% of Americans, just like today, thought the country was heading the wrong direction. And we had Jimmy Carter as the president and we had malaise and we had inflation that was 18%. We were in a recession. Iran had taken our hostages. (34:20–34:27)
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