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" Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger. "

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" If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange. "

Paul Singer

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Currency

Gold

" In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into account, the U.S. and most countries of the Euro zone are insolvent. "

" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "

" Credit ratings and risk weightings must undergo a thorough process of review and revision. No security or instrument on the planet should have a zero risk weighting. "

" Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. "

" Capital is kind of a banking concept. "

" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "

" I'm rarely optimistic. "

Paul Singer

Rarely

Optimistic

" The world, in terms of choices available to educated, ambitious workers and entrepreneurs, is way bigger than just the United States, Japan and Europe. "

" Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state. "

" In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. "

" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "

" It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves. "

" My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments? "

" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "

" There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. "

" Stability is not the way of the world. "

" The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. "

" Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. "

" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "

" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "

Paul Singer

Nuts

Look

" Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank. "

" You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. "

" Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear. "

" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "

" Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way. "

" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "

Paul Singer

Government

Debate

" What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined. "

" The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous. "

" Margin is a customer concept. "