The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth. |
The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic growth and economic growth in the short run, which is so important to creating those jobs where people will come back to New Orleans, southern Mississippi and southern Alabama. |
The president is totally committed to Social Security reform. |
The president is very concerned about (gas prices) and is committed to doing everything he can to reduce the high price of gasoline. Unfortunately, as the president said a number of times, it took us a long time to get into this situation and it's going to take us a long time to get out. |
The president views this as a big problem. I think he'll be talking about some reforms that he thinks are very important. |
The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. |
The sooner we make (the tax cuts) permanent, the better for the economy. I am encouraging him to make that a top priority. |
The timing is unclear. In terms of priorities for next year, that's up -- I'm going to leave it up to him to share his priorities with the American people. |
There are very good laws on the books. What's important is that those laws are enforced aggressively. |
They don't need a bailout, all they need is the time to restructure and we're confident they will be very successful. |
This is a big priority for the president. The system has got to be reformed. |
We're fortunate that the economy is very, very strong now. It will continue to be strong. |
We're still concerned about the high cost of energy. The president is especially concerned about the cost of natural gas and what it's going to mean to the American homeowner. |
What the president is most concerned about are entitlements. |
Why should we discourage people from paying for health care out of their pocket as opposed to through their insurance, the result of which is we tend to over-insure because that gives us a tax break. |