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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
The financial condition of the counterparties was not a relevant factor in the decision to see to it that Goldman Sachs and other counterparties were paid 100 cents on the dollar.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights a contradiction in the rationale for AIG's bailout.

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