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FAHRENHEIT 9/11 -- WHAT WAS I THINKING? VIGNETTE |
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[Moore] And what percentage of our economy does that represent? I mean, it seems like a lot. [Craig Unger, Author, House of Bush, House of Saud] Well, in terms of investments on Wall Street in American equities, it's roughly 6 or 7 percent of America. They own a fairly good slice of America. And most of that money goes into the great blue-chip companies: Citigroup, Citibank, the largest stockholder is a Saudi. AOL-Time Warner has big Saudi investors. [Moore] So I read where, like, the Saudis have a trillion dollars in our banks of their money. What would happen if like one day they pulled that trillion dollars out? [Craig Unger, Author, House of Bush, House of Saud] A trillion dollars? That would be an enormous blow to the economy.
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