"For many years now, we have been talking about global warming, we have been talking about energy independence, but I think for the first time in history, you guys have walked the walk."
"I know, as well, and I think a lot of the problem is more financing than, in fact, technological and engineering."
"these wealthiest 400 Americans now pay a lower tax rate, lower effective tax rate than most police officers, teachers, nurses, and people in the middle class."
"the top 400 Americans in this country saw a huge increase in their net worth, in fact, by $640 billion from 2001 to 2007."
"under President Bush, poverty increased, the middle-class shrank, and the wealthiest people became much wealthier."
"Will we know who received the money?"
"We have put as taxpayers $10 billion to bail him out, and we have no say about whether or not he should stay on the job?"
"I just don't understand why we are not moving forward."
"I think the American people, if they are going to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into these institutions, want a new slate of leadership so that we can work with them to move us in a new directi..."
"the American people are outraged that a small number of Wall Street executives, through their greed, their recklessness, and likely illegal behavior, have plunged us into the worst financial crisis si..."
"If an institution is too big to fail, then an institution is too big to exist."