Tim Geithner: “I worry very much that there are not enough resources in this package to deal with the housing crisis.”

You cannot govern a country if you commit never to raise taxes on anybody, because things change, wars happen, crises happen.

It's not a partisan issue. It's traditionally had a lot of bipartisan support.

It's very important to future economic growth. There is no alternative to doing that.

if Congress were to choose to try to defer everything... that would be very damaging to the interests of the country.