It encourages bankers to game the system in ways that work against homeowners and, in the current crisis, ends up costing the rest of us in the form of government loan guarantees and lost tax revenue.

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And Europe is our largest trading partner and a key part of the global financial system, and therefore it's very important to the United States, and the rest of the world as they work through their issues.

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