NEWSMon, Jan 11Obama Weighs Bank fee to help cut the Federal deficit© New York Times 2009 President Obama is likely to propose a fee on financial institutions to help reduce the federal deficit when he releases his budget plans in February, although the details remain unresolved, according to administration officials. The bank fee would recover some of the money that taxpayers put up to bail out the financial system after its near-collapse in the fall of 2008, a rescue effort that has contributed to the largest annual budget deficits since World War II. Read more. |
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