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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
And if it means the bonuses are a little smaller and that dividends are a little less and the earnings reports of the banks are not quite up to what they were this quarter, which was a pretty lucrative quarter for them, that is a price we should pay as a society?
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown questions if reduced bank profits are acceptable for societal safety.

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