You can't sit there and worry about everything.

After all, the same steps that reduce carbon pollution also clean the air we breathe, which saves lives and reduces disease.

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.