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John Ensign: if an institution, if a bank, if a company is too big to fail, then they are just too big.

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
if an institution, if a bank, if a company is too big to fail, then they are just too big.
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John Ensign

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Senator Ensign questions the concept of bailing out large banks.

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