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Bob Menendez: “I have got to be honest with you, when I walk the streets of New Jersey, the average person comes up to me and says you…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
I have got to be honest with you, when I walk the streets of New Jersey, the average person comes up to me and says you know what? When I make a mistake, I have to pay for my mistake. And when they--meaning some of our financial institutions--make a mistake, I also have to pay for their mistake. Something is wrong with that, Senator.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights the unfairness of taxpayers bearing the cost of financial institutions' mistakes.

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