I Do Want The Tax

I Also Believe That Most Of The Emerging Economies Have A Fairly Large Amount Of Foreign Exchange Reserves, Relative To 10 Years Ago.

Part Of The Concept Of The Euro Zone Was To Establish A Common Market. The Banks Were Going To Bank Across All Their Countries Like We Bank Across States. But That Concept Got Killed For A Whole Bunch Of Reasons That I Won't Get Into. That Was A Good Concept, By The Way. It May Yet Return, Because There Are Huge Economies Of Scale In Banking. That's Another Thing People Don't Quite Get.

I Want You To Say To Me Right From The Start, "we Are Here To Serve Customers. We're Not Here For Me To Make A Lot Of Money. We're Not Here To Bet On Interest Rates Or Credit Spreads. We Are Here To Serve Our Customers Really Well Over A Long Period Of Time, And That's How You Build A Successful Business." And So I Want To See That, Too, You Know?

If You Went To All Those Little Towns In America, Jpmorgan Was There In Good Times And Bad Times, And, In Fact, Helped A Lot Of People Through The Tough Times. And We Know That's When They Need Us The Most.

Not Every Company Went Bankrupt. Not Every Bank Needed Tarp [troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm Very Proud That Jpmorgan, Throughout That Time Period, Was Completely Steadfast. We Bought Bear Stearns Because We Thought We Were Helping The Situation. We Didn't Cut And Run.