I believe that support for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman is support for sound economic policy and a strong economy for years ahead, ... I worked with Al Gore for six-and-a-half years ... and I was there when doing what was best also was politically hard. |
I believe that, on balance, the (institutions) have made sensible judgments, ... and have adjusted their judgments when appropriate. |
I do not think a tax cut contributes to our economic well-being, |
I don't have a distaste for ambiguity, in fact, ambiguity is what I think life is all about, |
I don't think we should rule out a change in the CPI if, based on technical analysis, there's a broad-based agreement that the CPI can be changed in such a way as to better and more accurately reflect inflation, ... Meet the Press. |
I had three criteria: I didn't want to be a CEO, I wanted to be involved with an institution I was proud of, and I wanted to be involved in an institution that was important to me, |
I may have implied that in some sense we have taken intervention off the table. That certainly would not have been a correct implication, |
I think -- virtual universal agreement -- is that the CPI does not accurately reflect inflation, |
I think it could have real changing effects on the financial markets of our country, it could cause investors to think more about real rates of return and that in turn could spawn new kinds of products, |
I think the administration will have a Treasury secretary who is very established with the business community. |
I think the kinds of programs the IMF [International Monetary Fund] is putting in place are strong programs, I think they're well designed for their purposes, and I think they should work, |
I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done, |
I would say again now that China could be the largest economy in the world within the next few decades -- though accomplishing that will be no easy task. |
I'd really like to help in any way that I can, |
I'm not going to get into the business of market prognostication, |