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On the recordOctober 25, 2009
We're going to have death panels. But they're going to be death panels that are going to put to death these institutions before they can cause us problems, not old people.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for regulatory measures to prevent financial institutions from causing systemic failures.

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