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What a Neil Barofsky joke sounds like
"I'm going to work at Goldman Sachs." That's what Neil Barofsky told CNNMoney's James O'Toole his next move would be, and it's actually a pretty good joke for the always serious former TARP watchdog.
What Barofsky has to say in his new book, "Bailout," is less fun:
"When providing the largest financial institutions with bailout money, Treasury made almost no effort to hold them accountable, and the bounteous terms delivered by the government MORE
Lex Haris - Jul 26, 2012 7:09 PM ET
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