“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
There is no system that is built to withstand an insolvency the size of the notional value of the credit default swaps AIG was invested in.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Editor's note · Context

Shelby emphasizes the unprecedented scale of AIG's financial exposure.

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