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Elizabeth Warren: “So, the notion that somehow we save money by propping up a weaker, more impaired company than we do by cleaning it up…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
So, the notion that somehow we save money by propping up a weaker, more impaired company than we do by cleaning it up and putting it on the block just doesn't add up for me.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the logic of supporting failing companies instead of restructuring them.

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