Forty imaginary dollars from one real dollar.

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Maurice R. Greenberg, former Chairman and CEO of American International Group discuss regulating financial leverage, which went as high as "30 to 40 to one" within AIG.

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"Can't we just leave the toxic assets where they are?"

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) asks Maurice R. Greenberg, former Chairman and CEO of American International Group, whether we could just leave the toxic assets where they are until they mature into their claimed value.

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Maloney: "nothing would have happened?"

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) asks whether bailout was necessary, or preferable to bankruptcy.

Maurice R. Greenberg, fprmer Chairman and CEO of American International Group doesn't think so.

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Cummings: "It's never coming back."

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) tells Maurice R. Greenberg, former Chairman and CEO of American International Group, "I have constituents as old as you ... they're going back to work."

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