I fear the proposal may erode existing protections on state sovereignty.
This bill, in my view, tramples on New Hampshire's choice not to have a sales tax.
And, in addition, if they are then audited in any of those jurisdictions, they have to then go and defend themselves against an audit in oth...
I don't know how much capital would be necessary to safeguard the American financial system.
Am I correct that one of the other successes of the Polish economy has been that their banking system was not affected by the fiscal crisis ...
one of the debates that's gone on has been austerity versus growth, and at what point do you need to include some growth measures along with...
If you ask the ECB to do more, you're asking it to provide more credit to the system, which will weaken the euro.
I worry because we've allowed the IMF to become excessively dominated by the Europeans, who are largely in denial about the scope of their o...
That may be a good thing, though.
I think they're in an end game within which elites typically grab what they can, take the resources, move them offshore, get ready for being...
So you're not optimistic, not only that the leadership in Greece will deliver the correct message to the public, but that they will actually...
Thank you, Senator.
there is no sovereignty left in Greece as far as economic policymaking goes.
I'd like to pursue that a little more, because, Dr. Johnson, I think you talked about the extent of exposure.
I fear that if Greece leaves the euro, there would be a real loss of legitimacy of the government among the Greek people.
If we don't have our fiscal house in order by that time, we've got a lot more things to worry about than just how the dollar's going to comp...
I want to go back to Greece because it's come up both from all of your testimonies.
the most important thing we could do is to get our own fiscal house in order here.
