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Quote of the Day | 01.28.10

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“Bernanke fiddled while our markets burned”

~ Richard Shelby, Republican Senator from Alabama during the Senate debate on Ben’s second term as Fed Chairman.

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