Kent Conrad actually said...

Had we not done what we did, I believe there would have been a global financial collapse.

Conrad emphasizes the necessity of government intervention to prevent a financial disaster.

12/01/2009

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I think if any structure that is put in place that does not assure an up or down vote on the recommendations is highly unlikely to succeed.

I think revenue has to be on the table.

We have an extraordinarily inefficient system that is hemorrhaging revenue to offshore tax havens.

However unpopular they are now, they were the right steps.