If Business Doesn't Thrive, It Hurts America.

If You Look At Detroit, That Mayor, It's Been A Train Wreck For 40 Years, The Population Has Gone From 2 Million To 700,000. This Mayor Comes In, And He Talked About Streetlights, Sanitation, Jobs, Policing, Schools, Affordable Housing. He's Doing It All, And It's Growing For The First Time In 30 Years. Literally, One Man. But That One Man Couldn't Do It Without Business. And Business Couldn't Have Done It Without A Political Environment Where They Wanted To Improve Things. If You Had An Antibusiness Environment There, It Would Still Be Down There.

We've Seen The Volatility At Dollar-yen, U.s. Treasurys, Jgbs (japanese Government Bonds), German Bunds.

If The Government Wants To Do Social Policy, It Should Not Be Done In A Quasi-public Company. If You Have A Mortgage Guarantee Company Which Is Done By The U.s. Government, It Should Be Guaranteed By The Originators, I.e., The Shareholder.

When You Walk Into A Store And You Want To Buy Something, You Give Them Cash And They Sell It To You. But Very Often, You Walk Into Our "store" And You Want Something - A Credit Card, Maybe, Or A Loan - And Very Often The Answer Is "no," Even If You're A Large Corporation.

We're Diversified, We're Stable And Consistent. Our Businesses Benefit From Each Other.