Tim Geithner: “Given the critical role of insurers in enabling credit transactions... do you believe that we can undertake serious…”

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…

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…

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

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