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Dick Durbin: “One of the reasons businesses can't borrow is that they can't pledge the warehouse and the real estate as collateral…”

On the recordApril 4, 2011
One of the reasons businesses can't borrow is that they can't pledge the warehouse and the real estate as collateral, because there's a question of the value.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses challenges businesses face in securing loans due to real estate value issues.

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