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Jeb Hensarling: The world works off of incentives. If I was the credit card company and you wouldn't allow me to recoup my fraud…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
The world works off of incentives. If I was the credit card company and you wouldn't allow me to recoup my fraud prevention cost, and you would allow me to recoup my fraud cost, I guess I would allow fraud in the system. My guess is that it would not be good for our economy.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling discusses the economic implications of fraud prevention costs.

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