Jim DeMint actually said...

For me, perhaps the biggest failure in the Federal Reserve in the political side here in Washington is that amid all of these failures, the politicians, the folks in the administration, and Federal Reserve have claimed credit for saving the system while blaming capitalism and unrestrained free markets for our problems.

Context

DeMint criticizes politicians for taking credit while blaming free markets for economic failures.

12/02/2009

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