Robert Rubin
Robert Rubin
Robert Edward Rubinis an American lawyer, former cabinet member, and retired banking executive. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992; Rubin oversaw the loosening of financial industry underwriting guidelines which had been intact since the 1930s. His most prominent post-government role was as director and senior counselor...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 August 1938
CityNew York City, NY
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I believe that support for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman is support for sound economic policy and a strong economy for years ahead, ... I worked with Al Gore for six-and-a-half years ... and I was there when doing what was best also was politically hard.
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The only role we can play is to continue to very actively work to persuade the Japanese government to face these very difficult issues they have to deal with,
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The overarching point of the president's economic strategy going forward in the 1999 budget is clear: under no circumstances should we take any steps that will undo the fiscal discipline that we have worked so hard to achieve and has been so central to our strong economy of the last five years.
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Unfortunately, Russia hasn't adopted the reforms it needs, but we need to work with them to see they adopt the reforms,
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Our initial reaction is that we are intrigued by how this merger is going to be positioned and structured; in principle we think it could work as the deal is not simply two companies combining for a lack of something else to do.
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I'm saying that we have significant concerns about significant portions ? of this, ... We need to work with Congress to work our way through that.
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The important thing is for countries to stay on a sensible economic path as the world works through a very difficult time. What Japan does is very important to the rest of the world,
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These concerns are heightened as we reflect on the financial crisis that has affected so many countries around the world over the past two years,
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These students are an investment in the state's future. The alternative is to deny them the opportunity to fully participate in our workforce.
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Fiscal policy is the other ladle in the macroeconomic punch bowl, and consistency in use of the two ladles is powerful, and inconsistency can be injurious,
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We have felt from the very beginning that since the problems of Mexico in 1995, that what happens in Latin America is profoundly important for the United States,
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The surpluses present an enormous opportunity and one that we must not squander, ... We believe that the surpluses should be reserved until Social Security is placed on sound financial footing for the next century. After 2010, the huge baby boom generation will begin retiring which will put increased pressure on Social Security and it was on that basis that we reached the conclusion that nothing should be done with these surpluses until that problem is addressed.
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At some point, these kinds of deficits are not viable. The probabilities are extremely high that if we don't address these imbalances, then at some point, and it could be years down the road, we'll pay a very big price.