I mean, in terms of alternatives, some people have suggested for example that why don't we - why isn't America doing what Berkshire Hathaway is doing? Why isn't that a better deal for America?

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

Does the business have favourable long term prospects?

You can lose leverage, and it's the only way a smart guy can go broke.

Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change. With Wrigley chewing gum, it's the lack of change that appeals to me. I don't think it is going to be hurt by the Internet. That's the kind of business I like.

Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

I don't think it would be crazy to have a model or an entity model on the Reconstruction Finance Corp.