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On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Whether or not there will be a day when a creditor will figure out, I can make a fast buck with something that is so lousy that the answer is it should actually be banned, that day could come.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the potential need for banning harmful credit products in the future.

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