Ben Bernanke actually said...

If the banks cannot meet those standards in the private market, which is our strong preference, then they have to take government capital.

If you want to increase spending, then you have to be willing to accept the tax increases and the consequences that that may have for growth...

'Too big to fail,' has been sometimes called a policy or a doctrine. It is not a policy; it is a problem.

It is imperative on all of us as the policymakers, particularly the Congress which is responsible for fiscal policy, to make sure that we do...