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Jackie Speier: It is far too generous to say that financial institutions were simply opportunistic for selling exotic mortgages to…

On the recordJune 23, 2009
It is far too generous to say that financial institutions were simply opportunistic for selling exotic mortgages to working people and pushing credit cards on students who were unlikely to be able to repay.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Jackie Speier condemns financial institutions for predatory lending practices.

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