Chuck Schumer actually said...

The problem is the people who do not go because they think they need a passport, they know a passport costs money.

the leadership did not come from the executive branch. It came from Congress and the American people who insisted that these things be done.

Raising interest rates is one answer to deal with the bubble, but that is obviously tricky.

That, to me, is a European model of governance that is very threatening because there, big is not necessarily bad.