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Alan Grayson: Is it safe to say that nobody in 1913 contemplated that your small little group of people would decide to hand out half…

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?
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Alan Grayson
Florida

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

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