Ben Bernanke actually said...

we have a strong commitment to community banks, and we have, in fact, recently increased our schedule of direct meetings with the Board with...

Nobody doubts the United States has the economic capacity to pay its bills. It is really a question of do we have the political will to do t...

We cannot afford to wait until the markets lose confidence in the conduct of our financial affairs.

The Commission plan was also important because it showed how to reduce the deficit and debt in a balanced way.