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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
I think the thing one should be careful about is that the HOLC seems not to have lost the Government money on a cash basis.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights the financial success of the HOLC as a model for current interventions.

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