WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama on Saturday pitched his proposed tax on banks to recover the cost of bailing them out during the financial crisis, saying if they can afford billions more in bonuses, they can pay back the taxpayers, too.
The banks and Republican lawmakers oppose the tax, which Obama announced this week. "We're going to pass this fee into law," the president said in his weekly radio and Internet address.
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