[...] In October, it was like a patient having a heart attack: the short-term credit market ceased to function. That’s the heart of our economic system; it ceased to function. The government was like the doctor. The government runs into the heart attack patient’s house, steps over the heart attack patient, goes to his refrigerator, opens it up, and says, “I have to take out all the fatty foods in the refrigerator.” Meanwhile the guy’s dying of a heart attack.