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April 19, 2010

Are Wall Street Firms Too Big to Exist?

Patrice Hill, Washington Times

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Monday, April 19, 2010

By Patrice Hill

Both Republicans and Democrats claim they want to prevent taxpayers from ever again having to bail out Wall Street goliaths in a crisis, but many...

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