Why would we enact legislation that would increase the cost of online commerce and also will cost consumers more?

So this is not really comparable to compare Amazon in terms of how you could treat those costs versus the burden on a small business.

But one concern I have about this whole thing is that in a state like mine, like New Hampshire, where we don't have a sales tax...

But let's just agree with me that your small business doesn't have the team of IT or accountants. Correct?

Chancellor Merkel's call for more Europe and a fiscal and political union indicate German interest in moving toward further European integration.

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 that we experienced here and in Europe?

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 austerity in order to provide hope.

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 own problems.

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 wealthy after the collapse; you can come back and buy assets.

I don't know how much capital would be necessary to safeguard the American financial system.

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 be willing to undertake the reforms, and haven't been to date, that are going to be necessary in…

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 compare against the euro, at least by my assessment.