ms. bair brought it up quickly.epending on what form the bill does take, is that something that could boost economic growth as well as shore up the u.s. social security system? >> i think long term it's good for growth if we get something through. it will also be good for politics, we'll have accomplished something people can point to. we're not there yet, but i hope we can be there. but i would not point to that as the magic bullet to get the economy moving. >> certainly something that could help though. any thoughts on immigration reform, mohamed? >> so i think we should have had it a while ago, and if you just look at what's been proposed and you look at the impact long term, unambiguously positive. not that it has any short-term thing effects, but again, it speaks to a political system that cannot get its act together. let me, let me mention one other thing, and ron introduced it. there are two views about the role of the u.s. in the global economy. one view is the stronger we are, then the better the global eco