He's more concerned with results than he is about polls. |
I'm concerned about the burden it's going to have for all Americans, but I'm confident that the Federal Reserve will not allow it to have an inflationary impact on the economy. |
It's important we move to a more consumer-oriented health care system. |
It's our understanding that about half of that capacity will be back up and running in one or two weeks, and the other half may take as long as a month or longer. There is going to be a short-term disruption, but it will be short-term. |
None of us are comfortable paying $2.50 per gallon when we go to fill up our cars with gas. |
One could argue 2 percent is more appropriate. But that actually changes over time, it's not fixed. If there's a consensus [that] it's appropriate that it is a lower rate, obviously we'd be open-minded to that. |
People are very, very frustrated about the cost of health care. |
People's feelings about the economy are tied to how they feel about the president ... and the feeling is not that strong. |
Tax reform is not off the table. At the same time, it doesn't have the priority that health care does right now. |
That's not fair. It's really almost backwards. |
The last thing in the world we even need to be thinking about is raising taxes. A strong economy is what is going to pay for rebuilding the affected areas. |
The marketplace will take care of that. Once the product is available, the distribution system will respond quickly. |
The president's very concerned about the unfairness of the tax code. |
There's no question that the recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. |
This is an opportunity for people to have, as they say, more skin in the game. |