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Frank Lautenberg: Unscrupulous mortgage brokers' practices have led Americans to buy homes that they clearly could not afford, and today…

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
Unscrupulous mortgage brokers' practices have led Americans to buy homes that they clearly could not afford, and today we see some for-profit colleges are pushing students to run up debt they can never repay.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Lautenberg compares risky mortgage practices to for-profit colleges' student debt issues.

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