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John Tierney: “We have one pool of money, Mr. Shireman, I guess we have one pool of money, and if it were private companies... they…”

On the recordMay 20, 2009
We have one pool of money, Mr. Shireman, I guess we have one pool of money, and if it were private companies... they wouldn't be getting subsidies and they wouldn't be getting guarantees.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Tierney questions the fairness of competition due to government subsidies.

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