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Tom Harkin: “We need to discuss this further because I had a student loan, and I bought a car with a loan long before any of these…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
We need to discuss this further because I had a student loan, and I bought a car with a loan long before any of these derivatives ever existed.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin reflects on personal experience with loans before derivatives existed.

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