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