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Carl Levin: “I think we have been really penny-wise and pound-foolish in the way we have funded our regulators.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2010
I think we have been really penny-wise and pound-foolish in the way we have funded our regulators.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin criticizes the inadequate funding of regulatory agencies compared to investor losses.

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