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On the recordJuly 22, 2014
People have a right to say what they want, but that is, I think, an inaccurate, self-fulfilling prophecy about what will happen.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank critiques the belief that big banks will always be bailed out.

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