Ben Bernanke actually said...

I would ask the Congress to consider retaining the 1978 exemption, which is a very wise exemption.

The Fed has been very much engaged in trying to improve credit access for small businesses.

I am not in any way advocating unfair treatment of the elderly who have worked all their lives and certainly deserve our support and help.

As severe as the effects of the financial crisis have been, however, the outcome could have been markedly worse without the strong actions t...