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Barack Obama: “After the economy recovers, we should institute a financial stability fee on the entire financial services industry to…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2008
After the economy recovers, we should institute a financial stability fee on the entire financial services industry to repay any losses to the American people and make sure we are never asked again to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama proposes a financial stability fee to prevent taxpayers from bearing the cost of Wall Street's errors.

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