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John Tierney: Couldn't we have kept $185 billion in the Treasury and just gone right to that by having a bankruptcy proceeding at the…

On the recordMay 12, 2009
Couldn't we have kept $185 billion in the Treasury and just gone right to that by having a bankruptcy proceeding at the very outset of this?
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Tierney suggests that a bankruptcy could have saved taxpayer money.

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