People are concerned about the debt level, and we are as well. But clearly, you cannot not continue to stimulate an economy that is still struggling to get out of the deep ditch that We found [the economy] in about 18 months ago [in a deep ditch]. What the President is saying is we need to expend additional dollars to make sure that we don't have significant layoffs in the next few months, which will again depress the economy. (00:36–00:38)
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Asserts that the economy was in a deep ditch 18 months ago.
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