We Invested In The Downturn And We

A Democracy Is A Compromise By Its Nature. It's Not A Dictatorship.

I Wanted To Start By Saying That The Eurozone - There Are Two Reasons They Formed The European Union. One Is For Political Peace And Rationalization. And I Think That's A Good Thing For A Continent That Went Through Hundreds Of Years Of Wars.

I Think One Could Argue That There's More Political Input Into The Regulatory Side, And On The Regulatory Side There Seem To Be Fewer People With Financial And Banking Experience - There Are More Lawyers, Academics, Economists, Maybe Politicians Now.

I Think Normalization Is A Good Thing.

If Business Doesn't Thrive, It Hurts America. We Need Improved Relations, More Collaboration, More Thought And More Consistency As We Go About Trying To Make Sure We Have The Best Country In The World. Not Scapegoating And Finger-pointing.