“This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.” LongDoeTermBillsLong TermDamageExpensiveCracksYieldBootsShort Term Author:Barney Frank
“There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.” WantLittlesLongEndsGovernmentWaitingEconomyRiskLessonsCrisisFinancialSpendingDamageGet AwayMore MoneyUnderestimateFinancial Crisis Author:Timothy Geithner