Financial Crises Require Governments.

The Major Economic Policy Challenges Facing The Nation Today - Pick Your Favorites Among The Usual Suspects Of Low Public And Household Savings, Concerns About Educational Quality And Achievement, High And Rising Income Inequality, The Large Imbalances Between Our Social Insurance Commitments And Resources - Are Not About Monetary Policy.

This Crisis Is Not Simply A More Severe Version Of The Usual Business Cycle Recession, The Typical Downturn In Which Economies Ultimately Adjust And Stabilize.

Never Before In Modern Times Has So Much Of The World Been Simultaneously Hit By A Confluence Of Economic And Financial Turmoil Such As We Are Now Living Through.

If You Don't Try To Generate More Revenues Through Tax Reform, If You Don't Ask, You Know, The Most Fortunate Americans To Bear A Slightly Larger Burden Of The Privilege Of Being An American, Then You Have To - The Only Way To Achieve Fiscal Sustainability Is Through Unacceptably Deep Cuts In Benefits For Middle Class Seniors, Or Unacceptably Deep Cuts In National Security.

Hyperinflation Is Not Going To Happen In This Country, Will Never Happen... The Fed Putting So Much Money Into The System Is Not Going To Create The Risk Of Hyperinflation In The Future. We Have A Strong Independent Federal Reserve With A Very Strong Mandate From The Congress, And They Will Do What's Necessary To Keep Inflation Low And Stable Over Time.