Richard Shelby actually said...

I just believe that if we come push to shove, that it is going to be very difficult for the Government not to step in and save the system.

Shelby expresses belief in government intervention during crises.

03/28/2011

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This is a real departure from, as you said in your paper, from the model that we have relied on for a long time.

Is your premise basically trying to take risk out of a marketplace? And if there is no risk, there is no marketplace, is there?

Well-regulated and transparent financial markets have been and must continue to be one of the central goals of our financial regulatory syst...

Why did you choose such a politically biased construct at this point knowing that would raise red flags for some?