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On the recordMarch 4, 2009
I think that one would have hoped--it obviously did not happen in this case maybe until it was too late--that the boards of directors of these companies would have exercised the fiduciary duty on behalf of everybody and said, you know what, we are getting 30 times the leverage, maybe that is too much, 25 times the leverage, maybe that is too much.
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Hiram Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet reflects on the failure of company boards to manage excessive leverage.

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