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On the recordMarch 15, 2009
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.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank argues against paying bonuses to AIG executives using taxpayer money.

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