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Mike Johnson: “Excessive leverage in the financial sector. You could be steeply progressive on this.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2011
Excessive leverage in the financial sector. You could be steeply progressive on this.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Johnson discusses the risks posed by large banks' debts.

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