we ought to look at ways to pull back on the things that stimulate the government and support the things that stimulate the economy

Effectively, that is what you are saying, because they are not loaning money.

I think it is time we start looking at raising of interest rates, as the Australians have done

I can see that. It sure looks like to me we could start to raise interest rates some here.

I voted against the $787 billion stimulus package because I viewed it as a largely wasteful use of taxpayers' dollars.

The guy that is kind of new, I wouldn't put him a rock star, but he is a radio star in the Midwest, is Dave Ramsey.

The biggest complaint I get is that people can't get credit.

The health care does it too. As people are trying to calculate, okay, what do I do?

I understand your position on it.

You may slow your job loss level, but you are not going to have much job creation.

I was not favorable towards the stimulus. I saw it as a government stimulus, not an economic stimulus; and it just seems to me that the numbers have, unfortunately, borne that out.

I think the cap-and-trade idea is one you ought to pull away from.