So, let me just, if I can, pinpoint--how can it be that we can manage to put hundreds of billions of dollars into the hands of very large financial institutions, in what was effectively a matter of days, and 14 months into TARP, we're still talking about trying to figure out how to put much, much smaller amounts of money into very small financial institutions?
Elizabeth Warren: “So, let me just, if I can, pinpoint--how can it be that we can manage to put hundreds of billions of dollars into the…”
On the recordDecember 9, 2009
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Warren critiques the slow distribution of funds to small banks compared to large institutions.
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