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Barack Obama: We cannot go back to an economy based on overleveraged banks, inflated profits, and maxed-out credit cards.

On the recordAugust 24, 2009
We cannot go back to an economy based on overleveraged banks, inflated profits, and maxed-out credit cards.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Reappointment of Ben S. Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in Oak Bluffs

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