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Carolyn Maloney: “But recently, Secretary Geithner said that we were shoring up banks not for the sake of the banks, but for the sake of…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
But recently, Secretary Geithner said that we were shoring up banks not for the sake of the banks, but for the sake of American taxpayers.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney discusses government intervention in bank mergers and its impact on taxpayers.

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