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Roy Cooper: So almost half the mortgage on America is owned by foreigners, and they have been kind to lend us that money, but they…

On the recordApril 27, 2005
So almost half the mortgage on America is owned by foreigners, and they have been kind to lend us that money, but they could change their minds and stop lending us money at almost any time? Because we sell Treasury bonds, notes, other papers, every day in the market.
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Democratic · North Carolina

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