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On the recordJuly 20, 2009
Is it safe to say that nobody in 1913 contemplated that your small little group of people would decide to hand out half a trillion dollars to foreigners?
Said by
Alan Grayson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Grayson argues that the Federal Reserve's current actions were not foreseen by the original lawmakers.

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