Flashback — Obama to Bankers: ‘At Some Point, You’ve Made Enough Money’

‘We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy’

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Barack Obama, in an April 2010 speech in Quincy, Ill.:

"We’re not, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy."

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