If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning ...

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really inflation and budget deficits took secondary place to that, this slump would be over in 18 months. … There was a Twilight Zone episode like this in which scientists fake an alien threat in order to achieve world peace. Well, this time, we don't need it, we need it in order to get some fiscal stimulus.

on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS", August 21, 2011.

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If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really...

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really...

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really...

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really...