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Elizabeth Warren: “Well, it is obvious. If we had not done these things, we would have been back in the Stone Age.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Well, it is obvious. If we had not done these things, we would have been back in the Stone Age.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasized the necessity of government interventions to prevent a severe economic downturn.

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