Why, you're lending them the money to build, and then, they're gonna pay it back to you as best they can.
5 seconds sound clip from the It's a Wonderful Life (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:55:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Well, no, Charlie. I didn't even ask him. We don't need Potter over here.
- Well, your money's in Joe's house. That's right next to yours.
- And in the Kennedy house and Mrs. Macklin's house and 100 others.
- Now, what are you gonna do, foreclose on them?
- I got 242 dollars in here, and 242 dollars isn't going to break anybody.
- Here you are. You sign this. You'll get your money in 60 days.
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