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'Special Report' Panel on Obama's Big Bank Tax

This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Bret Baier" from January 14, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We want our money back, and we're going to get it. And that's why I'm proposing a financial crisis responsibility fee to be imposed on major financial firms until the American people are fully compensated for the extraordinary assistance they provided to Wall Street.VALERIE JARRETT, WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISER: They want to levy a tax on the liabilities of those banks, the large institutions, the ones that contributed most to the economic crisis, and also the ones that benefited most from the taxpayer dollars.REP. THADDEUS MCCOTTER, R-MICH.: It's going to be more expensive for the consumer. You will see less credit and higher unemployment as a result of inability to get credit. Other than that, I think it's a fine idea.(END VIDEO CLIP)BRET BAIER, ANCHOR: One Republican's reaction to the financial crisis r...

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