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Wall Street Gives Money To Both [democrats And Republicans] Because They Want To Be On The Good Side Of Whoever Becomes President .

The Economic Union - Creating A Big Common Market, Like The United States, So That You Can Compete Across Borders. There Are Common Rules, Regulations, And Simplification, And That Is Still A Good Reason, Too. When They Put Their Monetary Union Together, That Created A Rigidity That Made It Hard For Currency Fluctuations. They Don't Really Have A Solution To That.

If The Government Wants To Do Social Policy, It Should Not Be Done In A Quasi-public Company. If You Have A Mortgage Guarantee Company Which Is Done By The U.s. Government, It Should Be Guaranteed By The Originators, I.e., The Shareholder.

The Toughest Are People Mistakes, When You Put The Wrong Person In A Job. Sometimes You're Too Slow To Move Them Out. Or Not Getting The Right People Involved To Solve A Problem, Or Doing Something Out Of Anger; You Learn, Just Don't Do That. But I'd Have To Say The Whale Was One Of Them, And I Would Also Have To Put Bear Stearns And Washington Mutual On The List At This Point.

We See Very Broad-based, Moderate, Growth. Most Of The Sectors Are Quite Strong. I Don't See Any Major Potholes, And I Believe [the Economy] Is Strengthening.