It's natural, or at least american, to feel better about one's own situation than the surrounding direction in terms of prescription. I would say that if we learn anything from that pole, it is that the questions that we are asked aren't necessarily the ones that we're answering. We're able to answer differently about our own personal lives versus how we think politics and economics are going in this country. But that's not true if you're living war torn country or in an impoverished country where there really is more of a relationship.