Obama To Announce Bank Fee Proposal Tomorrow President Obama will reportedly announce tomorrow that he is proposing a new fee on bailed-out financial firms, with the goal of recovering $120 billion in taxpayers’ money used to prop up the corporations during the economic crisis. The proposal comes as banks that were rescued by the government a year ago are now enjoying profits and about to pay heavy bonuses to their executives.
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