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Andy Barr: Wouldn't it be safer for the financial system to put the risk on shareholders than on taxpayers?

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
Wouldn't it be safer for the financial system to put the risk on shareholders than on taxpayers?
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Barr questions the safety of taxpayer-backed mortgages versus shareholder risk.

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