milton freedman, going back to a hraepblgdary conservative, began to speak out -- back to a legendary conservative, began to speak out against these rules some time ago. we ought to deal with these issues on a bipartisan basis. i know, mr. president, of no senator, not a single one, who is going to support taxes on middle-class people on their health care. it's off the table. it is not going to happen. there are 100 of us. not a single one of us is going to support taxing those individuals. but i do think the democrats and republicans, just like robert reich and bob greenstein on the democratic side, conservatives going back to milton freedman on the republican side have said can come together and find a way to make sure that in the future these rules don't subsidize inefficiency and also disproportionally favor the most affluent. what is really tragic in the state of delaware, state of oregon, state of georgia is if somebody doesn't have health care coverage, doesn't have a health care plan, works in a furniture store outside atlanta, doesn't have health care coverage, they in effect

it was milton freedman who said nothing so permanent as a temporary government program. we need to make sure that tarp does what it needs to do and wind it down to get the taxpayers back as soon as possible. i know you feel that way. i want to commend you, mr. allison, for your willingness to serve your efforts at fannie mae. i also want to urge you to be mindful of what i think we're going to need to do to get out of this economic recovery. we need to be mindful of the successes of this economic turnaround will be driven by small business and middle-class families. it's important as i said earlier to repay the taxpayers quickly as possible and not just reinvest the funds because we have them. i think this money was specifically put out for a specific reason. we need to keep that in mind as we move forward. we also need to understand the community banks play a critical role in the life bloods of our small rural communities across this country. they really weren't the cause of the economic problem at least from my perspective. and maybe most difficult is we need to deal w