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David Walker: “What we have to do is not reward bad behavior. Some people should never have been able to buy a house and we don't want…”

On the recordFebruary 19, 2009
What we have to do is not reward bad behavior. Some people should never have been able to buy a house and we don't want to bail them out.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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Walker discusses the importance of not rewarding poor financial decisions in the housing market.

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