Able Quote by Karen Mills

We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created by the…

— Karen Mills

The 2009 stimulus law got the ball rolling, allowing the agency to reduce and eliminate fees and raise loan guarantees to 90 percent of…

— Karen Mills

This program would clearly allow for the forgiveness of loans,

— David Vitter

There really isn't a recovery, and no signs of it on the horizon, because people have to pay the banks. It's a vicious circle…

— Michael Hudson

Look, Public Service Loan Forgiveness - talk about fixing a broken system. Ninety-eight percent of those who were applying for it were being denied.

— Miguel Cardona

The recovery of the banks is what happens when you reduce competition, lend money to them at zero interest rates, allow them to gamble.…

— Joseph Stiglitz

The financial crisis was linked to the fact that banks had excessive leverage and too many risky assets. The solution is not to try…

— John Paulson

“The idea, in the wake of the savings-and-loans disaster, was to spread risk outward from those immediately involved in lending to mortgage borrowers and…

— Adam Tooze

We have to make sure that the banks pay every nickel of loan losses that they create, but we don't want to hold them…

— Edward Conard

“We were taking out mortgages we couldn’t afford because they were camouflaged to look as if we had a reasonable chance of paying them…

— Douglas Rushkoff

There's no question the crisis demonstrated that the bank system didn't work. And when you looked at the aftermath of the crisis, what needed…

— Vikram Pandit

Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets they couldn't…

— James P. Gorman