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Jeb Hensarling: “How many times do we have to be burned before we learn that government guarantees don't make markets safer; they make…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
How many times do we have to be burned before we learn that government guarantees don't make markets safer; they make them more dangerous?
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Questioning the effectiveness of government guarantees in housing markets.

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