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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
We have skirted nationalization of the banks under you and the amount of money that we have been putting in banks all over the country.
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Jim Bunning

Editor's note · Context

Bunning criticizes the government's financial support to banks, suggesting it resembles nationalization.

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