Tim Geithner: “This crisis is partly the result of failures in consumer protection.”

The TARP bank investments have already produced a profit for the taxpayer of over $19.5 billion.

Executive compensation played a material role in causing the financial crisis because it encouraged excessive risk taking.

Absolutely. Yes, again, we see there's no prospect to an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2 percent of the wealthiest Americans.

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…