the more that what we are doing focuses on these big institutions, the more it looks as if the masters of the universe who made this mess are not truly being held accountable
I think Senator Graham has put his finger on part of the problem.
I think we ought to be disclosing at a minimum who these counterparties are.
There have always been opportunities for innovators, and that is what the American dream has been all about.
The time of the gentlelady has expired.
I think if you look at this debate, both sides are essentially proposing adding a whole truck-load of additional loopholes.
Mr. Chairman, essentially taxpayers have been kept in the dark on this AIG issue.
The reason that AIG has gotten this money is because they are 'systemically important.'
I want to make my last question one that I think is a basis for optimism.
On the long-term front, we are looking at $50, $60 trillion worth of unfunded liabilities; i.e., we see the obligation coming, we have not s...
Mr. Chairman, at what point will the taxpayer no longer be on the hook for the massive AIG failure? What is the end game for American taxpay...