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Bob Bennett: “I still am baffled, the idea that the federal government is injecting money into an institution to help keep it solvent…”

On the recordMay 5, 2009
I still am baffled, the idea that the federal government is injecting money into an institution to help keep it solvent, and at the same time, the federal government is taking money out of the same institution in the form of taxes to make sure they do not make a profit.
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Bob Bennett
Republican · Utah

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Expressing confusion over government financial support and taxation on banks.

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