And every day, I hear how people are working to keep it all together -- how they're trying to pay the bills, about the businesses they're trying to keep afloat, about the home they love but are struggling to afford.

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They bought so many companies and they were trying to keep them all afloat.

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His testimony was that he was only trying to help keep his company stay afloat and that he did not believe that what he was doing was wrong.

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As 2008 draws to a close, Uncle Sam is trying to alleviate that problem while shelling out cash to keep the industry afloat.

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