and there was stress to force the banks to raise the capital lending. then there was the action even when the industry today still doesn t support the financial reform. were there problems throughout all of that? sure. did we get it exactly right? no. but you look at where the united states financial industry is today versus what s going on in europe where they didn t deal with it, we re night and day. number one. number two, and that took political leadership, even when it was not popular. and second, when the industry needed that type of help, the america came to it help and assisted it to get stable. can you if you go around the neighborhoods of chicago, you go around anywhere in the country, goo peoria, there is stress on people s lives. they, too, need help. not a bailout. but a chance to get the economy moving for them. and that s an understandable sense of frustration on their part. and it s not just limited to the wall street. go in europe. go in asia. go other places.
people s lives. they, too, need help. not a bailout. but a chance to get the economy moving for them. and that s an understandable sense of frustration on their part. and it s not just limited to the wall street. go in europe. go in asia. go other places. there is a major restructuring going on in the world s economy, major here in the united states. one of the decisions we re making today, as i say it as mayor of chicago, decisions we make over the next two to three years will have an impact on what it will be like in the next 20 to 30 years. that s the same decisions facing there. and if you can t hear the public s frustration, not just what s happening on wall street, but happening in the neighborhoods of chicago, if you can t hear it, that means you don t understand your role in public service. there is a normal given frustration because the economy is not working for folks, and we have a high unemployment. we have a high economic stress.
the banks to raise the capital lending. then there was the action even when the industry today still doesn t support the financial reform. were there problems throughout all of that? sure. did we get it exactly right? no. but you look at where the united states financial industry is today versus what s going on in europe where they didn t deal with it, we re night and day. number one. number two, and that took political leadership, even when it was not popular. and second, when the industry needed that type of help, the america came to it help and assisted it to get stable. can you if you go around the neighborhoods of chicago, you go around anywhere in the country, goo peoria, there is stress on people s lives. they, too, need help. not a bailout. but a chance to get the economy moving for them. and that s an understandable sense of frustration on their part. and it s not just limited to the wall street. go in europe. go in asia. go other places. there is a major restructuring going