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Subprime meddling

Senator Chuck Schumer's attempt to lean on the Big Four accounting firms about taking a less rigorous approach to mortgage accounting standards so that their clients can renegotiate bad loans. Now, auditors are supposed to be independent gatekeepers and politicians should not be putting them under any pressure.

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