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Elizabeth Warren: “Part of the sin of 2008 was that the bailout was all about…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Talk Easy Interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren on Constitutional Crisis and Public Education

Published | Video Starts at 46:59

I could just feel it, you know, it was just I could. I could so do this. Please, let's fight and let me do this. But the answer was no. You know, Part of the sin of 2008 was that the bailout was all about the guys at the top and not about the 10 million families that lost their homes. the millions of people who lost their jobs, the millions of people who lost their savings. It was the further hollowing out of America's middle class and the strengthening of America's handful of billionaires. (46:59–47:15)

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Asserts that the 2008 bailout prioritized financial institutions over families who lost homes.

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