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Wall Street Bonuses Ripe for Tea Party Rage

Big finance could face populist pitchforks

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 12, 2010 6:04 AM CST

(Newser) – Bailed-out Wall Street execs handing themselves hefty bonuses this month should prepare for outrage not only from Dems inside the Beltway but from tea partiers, who hold their first convention in Nashville next month. The rage that has been focused on big government and health... Read full story »

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