As Financial Markets Continue To Broaden And

In The Financial System We Have Today, With Less Risk Concentrated In Banks, The Probability Of Systemic Financial Crises May Be Lower Than In Traditional Bank-centered Financial Systems

If You Don't Try To Generate More Revenues Through Tax Reform, If You Don't Ask, You Know, The Most Fortunate Americans To Bear A Slightly Larger Burden Of The Privilege Of Being An American, Then You Have To - The Only Way To Achieve Fiscal Sustainability Is Through Unacceptably Deep Cuts In Benefits For Middle Class Seniors, Or Unacceptably Deep Cuts In National Security.

I Believe Deeply That It's Very Important To The United States, To The Economic Health Of The United States, That We Maintain A Strong Dollar.

The World Is Likely To View Any Temporary Extension Of The Income Tax Cuts For The Top Two Percent As A Prelude To A Long-term Or Permanent Extension, And That Would Hurt Economic Recovery As Well By Undermining Confidence That We're Prepared To Make A Commitment Today To Bring Down Our Future Deficits.

Financial Crises Require Governments.