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Elizabeth Warren: “Tim Geithner, who then was Secretary of the Treasury…”

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 41:17

We are in a crash. We're in a terrible recession. Let's save as many families as we can. I make my pitch to Tim Geithner, who then was Secretary of the Treasury... said, we've foamed the Runway enough that the banks will survive. banks are going to survive. And I was like, wait a minute, I get it. He said, we've foamed the Runway, was his view. We've foamed the Runway enough that the banks will survive. (41:17–41:45)

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Asserts that Tim Geithner believed the banks would survive due to government intervention.

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