There Is No Question That A Breakup

I Think That My Foundation Uses The Money Better Than The Government Does. In Any Event, I Do Pay Taxes.

Financial Markets Are Supposed To Swing Like A Pendulum: They May Fluctuate Wildly In Response To Exogenous Shocks, But Eventually They Are Supposed To Come To Rest At An Equilibrium Point And That Point Is Supposed To Be The Same Irrespective Of The Interim Fluctuations. Instead, As I Told Congress, Financial Markets Behaved More Like A Wrecking Ball, Swinging From Country To Country And Knocking Over The Weaker Ones. It Is Difficult To Escape The Conclusion That The International Financial System Itself Constituted The Main Ingredient In The Meltdown Process.

Bush's War In Iraq Has Done Untold Damage To The United States. It Has Impaired Our Military Power And Undermined The Morale Of Our Armed Forces. Our Troops Were Trained To Project Overwhelming Power. They Were Not Trained For Occupation Duties.

Of Course, Speculation Will Always Make A Crisis Worse. If There Is A Weak Point, It Will Expose It.

I Think There's A Lot Of Merit In An International Economy And Global Markets, But They're Not Sufficient Because Markets Don't Look After Social Needs.