Ben Bernanke actually said...

the Congress ought to think carefully about how it taxes and spends and try and achieve the best outcomes it can

Bernanke urges Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of tax and spending policies.

02/25/2013

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If it doesn't achieve the objective of eliminating too-big-to-fail, I think we ought to come back and decide or ask Congress whether they mi...

Congress, I hope, has the foresight to see that interest rates will not be this low forever.

As I have mentioned, it is a cost of these policies and it is one that we take very seriously.

I don't think the economy is overheating.