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Ed Markey: I don't see it as being any different than Freddie or Fannie, where you create that moral hazard.

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
I don't see it as being any different than Freddie or Fannie, where you create that moral hazard.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey compares the situation to Freddie and Fannie regarding moral hazards.

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