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On the recordMay 10, 2012
It won't -- the danger would be not if this is $2 billion, but if they lost so much that they couldn't pay their debts.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Barney Frank explains the potential dangers of J.P. Morgan's financial losses and their implications for the bank's ability to pay debts.

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