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Mark Warner: But when we think back from a policy standpoint, who would have ever designed a system where we combined the function of…

On the recordNovember 6, 2013
But when we think back from a policy standpoint, who would have ever designed a system where we combined the function of private sector money making, a profit-making entity with this also quasi-role of an implicit Government.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner critiques the design of the housing finance system for its conflicting roles.

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