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John Thune: “It seems to me, at least, that, you know, when you start sort of veering into these other areas, and people now are…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
It seems to me, at least, that, you know, when you start sort of veering into these other areas, and people now are describing the TARP program as a political slush fund, and taxpayers are--they did not like it in the first place. They like it even less now.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune comments on public perception of the TARP program as a misuse of taxpayer money.

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