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On the recordOctober 9, 2013
In effect, what you are describing is a potential financial meltdown, perhaps worse than in 2008 with the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Describing the severity of a potential financial crisis.

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