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Henry Paulson
American
Public Servant
Born:
Mar 28
,
1946
China
Financial
People
Think
Work
You
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As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit from that risk, they shouldn't have the taxpayer pay for the losses.
Henry Paulson
Taxpayer
Pay
Profit
Someone
Risk
Takes
Come
Like
Make
Losses
American
Going
Where
If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again.
Henry Paulson
Together
Financial
Back
System
Financial System
Put
Again
Really
Hard
When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
Henry Paulson
Deficit
Economy
Deal
Lot
Done
Growing
An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.
Henry Paulson
Financial
Better
Prosperity
Intervention
Market
Resources
Scarce
Allocate
Open
Effectively
Than
Stability
Far
Manner
Competitive
As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.
Henry Paulson
Doctors
Christian
Scientist
Go
Get
I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.
Henry Paulson
Life
Health
Prayer
Care
My Life
Health Care
From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for the root causes, they're almost always failed government policies.
Henry Paulson
Government
Time
Good
You
Blame
People
Financial
Beginning
Financial Crises
Crises
Good Reason
Had
Almost
Failed
Look
Policies
Always
Causes
Government Policies
Banks
Root
Reason
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.
Henry Paulson
Today
Home
Obligation
Diligence
Way
Complex
Excuses
Due
Process
Buyers
Buying
For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail. Under optimal financial regulatory and financial system infrastructures, such a failure would not threaten the overall system.
Henry Paulson
Failure
Financial
Discipline
Market
System
Financial System
Must
Would
Threaten
Constrain
Risk
Allowed
Fail
Overall
Institutions
Effectively
Optimal
Regulatory
I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it.
Henry Paulson
Needs
You
Problem
Big
Live
Philosophy
Run
Tried
Rather
Towards
Always
Than
Fixing
Big Problem
To Live By
Should
Away
As long as I can remember, I had a strong interest in fishing, and my parents, even though they had never fished or camped, took us on canoe camping trips in the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, where I could fish to my heart's content.
Henry Paulson
Heart
Strong
Remember
Long
Parents
Took
Wilderness
Though
Trips
Park
Could
Ontario
Never
Had
Content
Fish
Fishing
Provincial
Camping
Canada
Where
Canoe
Interest
Us
Even
From the time the kids were in upper grade school and middle school, we took trips over the Christmas break to nature-focused places, such as the Okefenokee Swamp and Cumberland Island in Georgia; Costa Rica; Maho Bay campground in St. John, Virgin Islands; the llanos of Venezuela; the southern coast and highlands of Belize.
Henry Paulson
Christmas
Time
School
Took
Kids
Bay
John
Trips
Costa Rica
Over
Venezuela
Island
Islands
Were
Georgia
Southern
Grade
Grade School
Upper
Middle
Break
Middle School
Swamp
Places
Coast
I never cared about money. When I was at school, I never wanted a car. I was focused on sports, studies, camping, being outdoors.
Henry Paulson
Sports
Money
School
Car
Focused
Outdoors
About
Never
Studies
Camping
Being
Wanted
Cared
I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.
Henry Paulson
Work
Government
Policies
Policy
Government Policies
Fix
Trying
Prefer
Flawed
Level
Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs.
Henry Paulson
Business
Money
Every
System
Jobs
Only
Small
Through
New
New Jobs
Existing
American
Sustain
Biggest
Create
Companies
Every American
Hardware
Flow
Need
I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world.
Henry Paulson
Hope
Government
World
Will
Benefit
Citizens
India
Indian
Economic
Advance
Reform
Which
Agenda
Help
I was secretary of the Treasury in 2008. In that role, I had the privilege to work with many talented men and women in government and the private sector who labored to pull our nation back from the brink of disaster.
Henry Paulson
Work
Government
Women
Men
Men And Women
Nation
Back
Our
Secretary
Sector
Had
Talented
Disaster
Private
Private Sector
Privilege
Role
Who
Many
Treasury
Brink
Pull
An AIG failure would have been devastating to the financial system and to the economy.
Henry Paulson
Failure
Financial
System
Financial System
Would
Devastating
Economy
Been
I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change.
Henry Paulson
Change
Will
Strategy
Changing
Approach
Facts
Never
Apologize
My focus is on the financial sector, on getting credit going, getting lending flowing. I can't imagine anything that would have a bigger stimulative impact.
Henry Paulson
Financial
Focus
Sector
Would
Impact
Getting
Going
Anything
Bigger
Lending
Credit
Flowing
Imagine
The Treasury Department has a critical role to play in helping to set the direction of a U.S. and global economy, a role that reaches back to America's founding.
Henry Paulson
Back
Critical
Direction
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Role
America
Department
Helping
Play
Founding
Treasury
Set
America is the land of opportunity. We need to be vigilant in ensuring that each and every American has the opportunity to acquire the skills to compete and to see those skills rewarded in the marketplace.
Henry Paulson
Opportunity
Every
Marketplace
Those
Ensuring
See
America
American
Rewarded
Land
Acquire
Skills
Vigilant
Each
Compete
Every American
Need
To restore confidence in our markets and our financial institutions so they can fuel continued growth and prosperity, we must address the underlying problem. The federal government must implement a program to remove these illiquid assets that are weighing down our financial institutions and threatening our economy.
Henry Paulson
Government
Confidence
Problem
Financial
Prosperity
Remove
Down
Our
Address
Markets
Must
Threatening
Restore
Federal
Federal Government
Weighing
Implement
Economy
Institutions
Underlying
Continue
Fuel
Assets
Growth
Program
The financial security of all Americans - their retirement savings, their home values, their ability to borrow for college, and opportunities for more and higher-paying jobs - depends on our ability to restore our financial institutions to sound footing.
Henry Paulson
Home
Financial
Opportunities
Values
College
Savings
Our
All Americans
Financial Security
Jobs
Security
Ability
Restore
Borrow
More
Retirement
Footing
Institutions
Sound
American
Depends
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