Whatever you tax, you get less of.

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Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.

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How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values

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We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

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History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.

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Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.

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Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.

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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

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I know that you think you know what I said. But I'm not sure whether you understood that what you heard is what I meant.

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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

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