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Barack Obama: “These extraordinary steps must be designed with only the public good in mind, not to enhance the personal gain of CEOs…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2008
These extraordinary steps must be designed with only the public good in mind, not to enhance the personal gain of CEOs and management at taxpayers' expense.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement from Obama on Emerging Federal Reserve-Treasury Plan

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