Barney Frank actually said...

The federal government says, wait a minute. We, in effect, own this company. And we're not going to pay bonuses to people who lost money for the company that we had to take over.

Context

Frank emphasizes the government's ownership of AIG and its stance against paying bonuses.

03/15/2009

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