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John McCain: There must be a path for taxpayers to recover the money that's put into this fund, the taxpayers dollars, $1 trillion is…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2008
There must be a path for taxpayers to recover the money that's put into this fund, the taxpayers dollars, $1 trillion is an unprecedented sum. And that money can't simply go into a black hole of bad debt with no means of recovering any of the funds.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain stresses the importance of accountability in the bailout plan.

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