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Tim Geithner: “It's time to stop demonizing everybody on Wall Street, everybody who's in the financial industry because they're not all…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2009
It's time to stop demonizing everybody on Wall Street, everybody who's in the financial industry because they're not all bad people.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Tim Geithner emphasizes the need for cooperation with the financial industry instead of demonizing all its members.

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