President Obama plans to announce today a proposed fee to be placed on the largest banks and organizations which received bailouts under the TARP program.  The fee would be imposed on those organizations over a period of ten years and then be phased out and would recoup upwards of $100 billion.  However, predictably CEO's of those organizations are threatening to pass on any fees onto the consumer to protect their huge earnings largely gained because of tax payer funds.

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