What I desire to point out is that I wish the law was not so, but that being the law, I must follow it.

President Obama has repeatedly urged Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than $250,000 a year. Increasing rates on top earners is an obvious way to raise revenue from those who can afford it most.

I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.

The very first email I got [was] from a women's group saying 'We don't want this stimulus package to just create jobs for burly men.'

You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest, boldest recovery package in history, right; the stimulus package, biggest ever; the financial rescue, absolutely comprehensive; a housing plan - that is incredible medicine for the economy. And we fully expect it to work.

Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.

Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.