Tim Geithner: “We wanted to make sure we were focusing on those problems that were central causes of this crisis.”

I do not believe there is a credible argument to make that uncertainty about our fiscal deficits or uncertainty about the design of regulation in Washington today is having a material adverse effect on the American economy today.

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

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…

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