Jim Bunning: “How do we stop talking heads from telling us that, then?”

Have we ever been successful in raising taxes to help our economy in a recession?

today I pay tribute to my distinguished colleague from Utah, Senator Robert Bennett, who will be retiring from the Senate at the end of the 111th Congress. I have worked with Bob since coming over to the Senate in 1998. I have also had the…

in 2006, we had a huge housing crisis in this country. And even before that, the mortgage crisis showed its face in 2001 and 2002.

Well, sure, because the bank has to inherit that decreased value.