By the end, starting with Bush and ending with Obama, that crisis led us to engage in the most massive financial bailout in U.S. history, which led to the nationalization of some of the largest banks, insurance companies, and automobile manufacturers in the world.

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After failed attempts to divest its insurance arm, fears are mounting that nationalization of the financial company is imminent.

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