Dear compatriots, during this debate you have also expressed your worries and your hopes.

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Listen up oil refiners and coal burners, your worries are over.

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The old saying goes that when you have a hammer in your hand, everything looks like a nail, and former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh worries that inaction on the fiscal policy side has led Bernanke to continue drawing on the financial crisis playbook.

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But I also know that each of you worries about the longer-term effects this economy might have on your children, on your families, and on workers.

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