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Barack Obama: “Wall Street bonuses are obscene.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2009
Wall Street bonuses are obscene.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama condemned excessive bonuses amid the financial crisis.

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