"if it took only two weeks for the federal government to find $700 billion to bail out Wall Street "

Here's something you can count on hearing a lot in the future:

“I firmly believe that if it took only two weeks for the federal government to find $700 billion to bail out Wall Street and bank executives,” he said, “then we ought to be able to find a fraction of that amount to help preserve essential services at the state level.”

He's got a point.