On the recordMarch 2, 2009
We have used up all of our get-out-of-jail-free cards.
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congress.govWe have used up all of our get-out-of-jail-free cards.
Kaufman warns that there are no more easy options left.
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If criminal conduct contributed to the financial meltdown, then the people responsible should be investigated, prosecuted, and sent to prison.
It's only fitting that, at a crisis past, a government should set aside its crisis authorities.
But as a general matter, I think that you cannot be cowed by the possibility of losing, and we do enough good things and bring enough good cases that we can take a few losses if the cause is right.