Tim Geithner: “I applaud the Obama Administration for moving to impose new and tougher restrictions on executive compensation for…”

the only way to restore fiscal responsibility and still preserve the commitments we need to make to our retirees and national security, is by a modest increase in the effective tax rate for the Americans who are in the best position to…

What the President proposed in his budget is a series of detailed changes to our resources and our commitments that would reduce our deficits from 10 percent of GDP to around 3 percent of GDP, which is primary balance.

If Congress were to legislate constraints on itself that was consistent with that deficit reduction path, that would be enormously helpful to sustaining the confidence in the United States and around the world that we are going to go back…

I believe, as does the President, that there is no plausible way for us to address the many economic challenges facing the country, including our unsustainable fiscal deficits, without asking those most fortunate few to pay a modestly…