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Sen. Ted Kaufman: We Need a Banking System that is "Too Safe to Fail" 
Huffington Post | by Sen. Ted Kaufman | Thu, Jan 21
As Vice President Biden aptly and succinctly put it: "Be a bank or be a hedge fund. But don't be a bank hedge fund."
America cannot afford another financial meltdown and the American people are looking to Congress to ensure that that does not happen.
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