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Jackie Speier: “I feel it is highly inequitable to use TARP funding to shore up banks and to bail out failing corporations but fail to…”

On the recordMay 4, 2009
I feel it is highly inequitable to use TARP funding to shore up banks and to bail out failing corporations but fail to protect agencies' taxpayer dollars.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier criticizes the use of TARP funds for banks while neglecting local agencies.

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