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Weren't mortgages supposedly the problem to begin with???
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U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailouts as Senate Votes
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages.