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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Our economy crumbled because Wall Street took high-risk investments and transformed them into safe-looking bonds.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield discusses the financial crisis and parallels it to nuclear loan guarantees.

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