Better yet, think of all the jobs we could create if we just destroyed all of the houses and rebuilt them, the Krugman solution to job creation. Remember when Krugman praised the terrorist attacks and destruction of the WTC as being good for the economy due to the stimulation of business investment and job creation it would cause? Why, by that logic, we should thank those terrorists for their service to our country. Maybe we can hire them to destroy more of our buildings to help us get out of this recession too.