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Barney Frank: “No, I don't think any private entity would--I'm sorry. May I answer the question? That's why we want to give money to…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
No, I don't think any private entity would--I'm sorry. May I answer the question? That's why we want to give money to the cities so they can tear it down, because otherwise they'll be stuck with it. I don't think any private investor would put money in that. There's no other way to deal with it, and the way to deal with it is to give them the money so they can tear it down. {time} 1450
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Mar 16, 2011

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