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Bill Delahunt: I suggest that this cap is a sham. There are more loopholes in this particular provision than one can even comprehend.…

On the recordMarch 19, 2003
I suggest that this cap is a sham. There are more loopholes in this particular provision than one can even comprehend. This is not about the individual, the average, middle-class American who earns 25-, 30- or $35,000, but it is about the sophisticated investor, it is about the sophisticated individual who has access to the very best in terms of legal talent and financial advice, who knows how to game the system. We are talking about not $125,000, but about the millions, the millions, that are being prevented from going to legitimate creditors because of this particular exception.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Discussing concerns over a proposed cap in financial legislation.

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