rebuilding. is there an economic stimulus impact, dr., from that activity? the rebuilding. absolutely. it s kind of paradoxical. although we re poor because we lost this property, we are going to get a boost to gdp because people will start spending money again they didn t spend this week, but all the rebuilding, we use lots of folks that are unemployed in the construction sector, and we ll use industrial capacity to make generators and what have you. manufacturing capacity that is not adequately utilized right now. so it will be a stimulus. it s just like putting up a bridge. i it s not say we should knock down buildings in a hurricane to stimulate the economy. there are more constructive ways, but that will happen over the next two years. so as new york rebuilds, as new jersey rebuilds, perhaps a
rebuilds, perhaps there is a meager silver lining. thank you very much.ld that is all we have time or on this cold and melancholy but inspiring night.om the compassion and commitmenthu of the volunteers should warm l every heart. they are not republicans or democrats, they are not government employees most of them. they are not first responders. they are americans. i thank you.d i thank them, first of all, anh i thank you all for watching. thank you for caring.ra i m geraldo. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is awesome! folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i d say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy.
rebuilding. is there an economic stimulus impact, dr., from that activity? the rebuilding. absolutely. it s kind of paradoxical. although we re poor because we lost this property, we are going to get a boost to gdp because people will start spending money again they didn t spend this week, but all the rebuilding, we use lots of folks that are unemployed in the construction sector, and we ll use industrial capacity to make generators and what have you. manufacturing capacity that is not adequately utilized right now. so it will be a stimulus. it s just like putting up a bridge. i it s not say we should knock down buildings in a hurricane to stimulate the economy. there are more constructive ways, but that will happen over the next two years. so as new york rebuilds, as new jersey rebuilds, perhaps a
rebuilding. geraldo: is there an economic stimulus impact from, that activity, the rebuilding? absolutely. it is kind of paradoxical. although we are are poorer because we lost all thisst property we will actually get a boost to gdp, so to speak,di because people will start spending money again that they didn t spend this week.ng but all of the rebuilding will use lots of folks that are unemployed in the construction sector and industrial capacitya to make generators and what have you, manufacturingctur capacity that is not adequately utilized right now. it will be a stimulus. just like putting up a bridge. not to say we should knock down buildings and have hurricanes to stimulate the economy, there are better and more constructive ways but that, indeed, will happen over the next two years.ew geraldo: so as new york rebuilds, as new jersey
population where the system is broken, where they have no access, and they find a lifeline for getting insurance that is not now available. paul ryan s system takes a system that fundamentally works, the medicare system, ripped it up, and rebuilds it. we should try it first for the nonelderly where the system is broken. if it works, i m happy to try it, but let s first try it where we need to. mr. gruber, let me ask you, was romney care a model for the affordable health care act? was it what was going on in massachusetts, was it a model for the national act? it was a model in a couple different ways. one is yawn and i and other experts were constantly shuttling back and forth and we re asked how did you do it in massachusetts? my favorite quote of john s is the massachusetts act is the affordable health care act with three more zeros. also, the success we had in massachusetts was so instrumental in making politicians comfortable with what s they were about to undertake.