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Marcy Kaptur: “Now the costs of this housing crisis caused by Wall Street abuses through the creation of asset-backed securities made a…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
Now the costs of this housing crisis caused by Wall Street abuses through the creation of asset-backed securities made a few very, very greedy bankers quite wealthy at the expense of millions of ordinary citizens and doing great harm to our Republic.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Kaptur criticizes Wall Street for profiting from the housing crisis at citizens' expense.

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