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Ben Bernanke: “I personally understand this issue because I grew up in an unbanked family.”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
I personally understand this issue because I grew up in an unbanked family.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke shares personal experience related to banking issues.

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