Because I still have sufficient runway ahead of me to make up for mistakes, to turn things around, to choose a different path.

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We work hard and earn our money and are forced to make up for the mistakes of others.

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Fine, but if today's high premiums were just an attempt to make up for past mistakes, there would be new entrants into the business.

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That will ease the agony, but it won't make up for politicians' mistakes.

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Investors on Wall Street and politicians in Washington want to believe that the Fed can make up for years of policy mistakes.

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