Thank you.
My questions will be directed toward you, Mr. Cross. Thank you for joining us today, especially on such late notice. Mainly, we'll focus on the article you wrote, I believe, on May 10. Lots of those comments were given in your opening comments, which is fine, but I'd love to give you the opportunity to elaborate a little bit more on those.
Just to reiterate what you said in your opening comments, we are in the worst economic growth rate, real GDP growth rate, since the 1930s. That's a true, empirical fact.