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James Carville: “We should have done something about compensation for these banks that got bailout money.”

On the recordNovember 18, 2010
We should have done something about compensation for these banks that got bailout money.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville criticizes the government's handling of bank bailouts and suggests more aggressive actions should have been taken.

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