So when Wall street went under, they knew what they were doing. They knew that they were investing in fraudulent mortgages, et cetera. They went under, they caused a massive recession, and They went to the government and said, yeah, we made huge amounts of money. We were crooks, we were dishonest. Bail us out. Because if you don't bail us out, we're too big to fail. We'll take down the whole economy with us. If that was true, then I suspect it is a lot true right now. (52:40–52:47)
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Asserts that Wall Street requested a government bailout despite their dishonest practices.
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