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Barack Obama: top executives at firms receiving extraordinary help from U.S. taxpayers will have their compensation capped at half a…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
top executives at firms receiving extraordinary help from U.S. taxpayers will have their compensation capped at half a million dollars.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama promised to cap executive salaries at bailed-out firms to ensure fairness to taxpayers.

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