if there is an uncontrolled release out of the east end of Devils Lake, everybody suffers.

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But either of them, additional spending over what is projected or additional tax cuts, will actually hurt longer-term economic growth.

I see the beginnings of a bipartisan consensus at the technical level on tax reform issues.

The days of what I like to call the 'Field of Dreams' strategy are over.

I think as discussed by Congress, in any way a contingent liability, the damage to the Government budget that would arise from a future financial crisis.

tax cuts could somehow hurt future economic growth.

Medicare, though, remains a huge problem, and I think that is the most difficult issue.