“A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.”
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For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.
Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it.
Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.