If we fail to act, it will become a crisis".
If we fail to act, what will the expected cost be?
If we fail to act now, the unfairness will only increase as we all live longer".
"If we fail to act today, 60,000 Bay Staters will see their unemployment checks evaporate at the end of the week".
"If we fail to act properly, then the emissions reduction will have to double to something like 6% a year, which is unprecedented in any experience".
If we fail to act, thousands may starve to death if they are not killed by bullets, and we may be passive observers of ethnic cleansing.
If we fail to act, we will invite nuclear arms races in every region, and the prospect of wars and acts of terror on a scale that we can hardly imagine.
"If we fail to act, premiums will climb higher, benefits will erode further, the rolls of the uninsured will swell to include millions more Americans, all of which will affect your practice," he told the A.M.A. members.
If we fail to act now, we will pay a very heavy long term price". Who is providing the €100bn, how does the Spanish government get the money and where does this leave the eurozone?
"If we fail to act, America will lose this opportunity to set the global agenda, to define new high standards for all financial companies and to lead the debate in shaping a level playing field on terms that play to our strengths," he said.
"If we fail to act, if we fail to tackle the youth jobs crisis, long-term unemployment, high drop-out rates and other pressing labour market issues, we will be destroying hopes for sustainable growth – and sowing the seeds of further, and perhaps deeper social unrest," he said.
