Gilbert Gutknecht: “And my colleague and I were a very small fraternity then who believed not so much that we believed at what was being…”

“And my colleague and I were a very small fraternity then who believed not so much that we believed at what was being done in Congress, I think the real thing was we believed in the American people. The American people do not need a big incentive. They do not need large incentives to do what they have done throughout the generations. And literally since the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the history of this country has been that people would work, they would invest, they would save, they would produce and ultimately produce more wealth for more people. The marvelous thing about this free enterprise system we have in the United States is that it has an enormous propensity to produce wealth not just for the wealthy but for all Americans. John Kennedy reminded us back in the sixties that a rising tide lifts all boats, and that is what we are seeing in this economy. It is not perfect. There are still people being left behind. And we have to be aware of that and do what we can to pull our brothers along. But the American people are doing what they have always done before, and that is they have been investing and saving and producing.”