Similarly, Clinton’s treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, and IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus were attacked for committing public money to bail out New York banks that had loaned to feckless East Asians in 1997-1998. They responded that they had not rescued the truly bad speculative actor, Russia; that they had “bailed in,” not bailed out, the New York banks, by requiring them to cough up additional money to support South Korea’s economy; and that everyone had benefited massively, because a global recession was avoided.
当 1994-1995 年的墨西哥金融危机之时，当时的共和党副总统候选人杰克 . 坎普攻击克林顿政府的戈尔副总统对墨西哥政府伸出援助之手时，戈尔答道，美国在此交易中赚到 15 亿美元。