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Jim DeMint: “We were told if we did not appropriate nearly $1 trillion to buy toxic assets, the worldwide economic system was likely…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
We were told if we did not appropriate nearly $1 trillion to buy toxic assets, the worldwide economic system was likely to collapse.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint questions the justification for the TARP program and its effectiveness.

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