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On the recordFebruary 9, 2012
What they have done are capital crimes. They have harmed our Republic so much with this massive transfer of wealth. I think the best thing the American people can do is if they are paying a mortgage loan or a car loan or a student loan to any one of these big institutions that harmed America, take it out, renegotiate that loan with a local institution, credit union, community bank that didn't do this harm to the Republic. That's something every American family can do. Then when you think about it, what this group of bankers did--and I call them speculators because they really weren't prudent bankers.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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