Completely Free Market Contradicts American Promise, Says Obama

President Obama claims that inequality produced by a free market without regulations contradicts the American promise that anyone can succeed in America if you put in the effort. (00:21)

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Obama: Free Market Without Regulations Doesn't Work

President Obama states that a free market without regulations did not work during the Great Depression nor has it worked over last the decade, and it will not work now. (00:34)

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Obama Channels Teddy, Says Regs Keep Market Fair And Honest

President Obama says that regulations are what keep the free market fair, open and honest. (00:31)

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Obama: We Are Greater Together Than We Are On Our Own

President Obama declares before an audience in Kansas that the nation must work together and play by the same rules, rather than allow each person to fend for himself. (00:41)

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The Government Has Zero Role In Creating Fairness In Business, Says Cain

GOP Presidential hopeful Herman Cain says the government’s role in creating fairness “should be zero.” He prefers to let the free market work. (0:41)

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We Must Return To Free Market Economy Without Apology, Says Lawmaker

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) says there is an imminent necessity to stop runaway government spending and return to a free market economy without apology. (0:53)

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Paulson claims unpopular decisions were necessary to save the free market

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says that although he has been a part of decisions that he would describe as 'objectionable' , they were necessary to preserve the free market system (0:23).
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Rep. Perlmutter (D-Colo.) says the free market is not always right, and regulation is not a dirty word

Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) says that currently there is a “march forward for oversight and regulation” in the financial markets, and that the free market is not always right. He says there needs to be a balance between regulation and free enterprise for the whole system to work. (0:50)


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McCain: It's time for "the right kind of change"

Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) tells his audience at the annual Associated Press luncheon that it's time for "the right kind of change" that empowers free markets and free people and doesn't rely on governmental intervention. (0:32)
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