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...turning to some of the things that upset people and the perception that you're at one with Wall Street, at one with Big Government. And obviously that means financial reform and also I think budget and infrastructure are going to be big things this year. But let me ask you first about the financial reform part of it. One of your advisers, Paul Volcker, has said that none of the financial instruments that have been developed over the past 20 years have added anything to our economy. And I remember you and I talking during the campaign about...
...Let me just close on financial regulatory reform. This is going to be a top priority. You are already seeing the big banks and some of these other interests lining up in opposition to basic core reforms, like making sure that consumers know what the fine print is when it comes to their credit cards or their debit cards or their mortgages. You're already seeing them resisting the idea that they should have a regulatory regime that isn't full of loopholes...
Sociologists refer to the phenomenon of people marrying people who are like them as homogamy. Doctors don't marry nurses anymore. They marry other doctors. And the nurses? Well, let's just say they don't seem too keen these days on the orderlies...
...listen to people talk about the health care bill, what is your sense of what they object to? Is it what is in the bill, or the process of putting it together? Let me ask you a question. What's in the bill...
...they try that, what do you think the fallout will be? I think they'll pay for it dearly in 2010. I think people will be outraged, regardless of party, if they let that happen. And right now, the majority party seems to be the party pushing it through. What's the hurry? I mean, really, if we are going to do something, let's do it right...