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Melvin Watt: “I don't think we ought to be loaning money to people who can't pay it back.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
I don't think we ought to be loaning money to people who can't pay it back.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Watt expresses concern about lending to borrowers who may not repay.

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