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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
If it had been up to me, I would have told the banks, all of them including GMAC, 'Take the TARP money, charge it off.'
Said by
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren suggests banks should have charged off bad loans instead of repaying TARP funds.

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