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Chris Van Hollen: They continue to refer to the auto rescue, not as an example of an important government intervention that helped…

On the recordMay 31, 2012
They continue to refer to the auto rescue, not as an example of an important government intervention that helped millions of jobs, but as an example of crony capitalism.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen critiques the framing of the auto rescue as crony capitalism instead of a job-saving intervention.

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