Bill Foster: “We've kept all those manufacturing jobs in the Midwest, which is something I'm really proud of.”

This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power.

The good news is that macroeconomic policy is working as designed.

Do you remember with AIG, the real problem with AIG falling into bankruptcy is that it would immediately put a bazillion of the European banks into violation of their capital requirements, which was major contagion that----

Frankly, when I read about this, it triggered my PTSD from the AIG situation with credit default swaps during the financial crisis.