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Bill Delahunt: “To call that a 'contract' is, you know, flattery taken to a different level. I mean, that is just--that is a joke.”

On the recordMay 4, 2009
To call that a 'contract' is, you know, flattery taken to a different level. I mean, that is just--that is a joke.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Delahunt criticizes the characterization of credit card agreements as contracts.

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