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Bob Wise: But I have to point out, the enormous costs of restructuring the financial institutions, the banks, the auto industry…

On the recordMay 11, 2009
But I have to point out, the enormous costs of restructuring the financial institutions, the banks, the auto industry, even AIG, total all of those up, it is still less than the combined cost of 5 years of dropouts in this country.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia

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Wise emphasizes the financial burden of dropouts compared to restructuring costs.

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