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David Gergen: It seemed for -- to a lot of people at a grassroots level, this is $700 billion for rich people, to bail them out for…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2008
It seemed for -- to a lot of people at a grassroots level, this is $700 billion for rich people, to bail them out for their mistakes.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Expressing public anger over the perception of the bailout benefiting the wealthy.

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