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Fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in isolation, without looking at the big picture, would be short-sighted.

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring fundamental change to that market.

We gotta get Fannie and Freddie out of government ownership. It makes no sense that these are owned by the government and have been controlled by the government for as long as they have.

For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.

Financial crises require governments.

I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.

It is probably the case that some regulation of financing will make crises less likely, and I would say higher capital requirements are an almost fail-safe way to make banks safer. But there are a lot of other things that may not be doing that, and so we need to be careful about sort of, like, rushing to one conclusion or another.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

Some things never change - there will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans.