I don't know whether he's going to have much input, but it would shock me if he didn't have some. He's talking to the people at the board who are writing this stuff and making sure that things look sensible -- something that he can live with.
Because they've got the employment, the people go there. It's a virtuous circle. It works in the right direction.
I think the hurricanes had less impact than we thought they were going to. They had a negative impact, but people were able to shift things around, and critical services came back quicker than expected.
When oil prices are pushed higher by demand rather than supply shortfall, people have time to adjust. We just keep on trucking.
You can live off your income if you lived the way people did in the 1950s.
People see energy prices going up and they get a little worried about what they can afford to spend money on.
Back when the program was created, elderly people were dying because they had nothing to eat and no health care. Social Security has been incredibly successful at virtually eliminating poverty among the elderly.
That's what people say but probably not what they do.
It's the '90s all over again. New technology, it's exciting, people think it's going to the sky, and people are paying accordingly.
The economy is living with it, and corporations are turning in strong profits despite high energy costs. People forget that energy isn't as big a part of the economy as it was 25 years ago.