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• Racial segregation
• Impoverished neighbourhoods and
• Supported the view of historic “Law-sanctioned” racial
segregation.
Having its Cake and Eating It
“In 2013, Federal Home Loan Banks in Boston, Chicago
and Indianapolis and Triaxx said that Bank of America put
its own interest ahead of shareholders. Since Bank of
America was offering lines of credit on second mortgages,
they largely avoided financial loss.”
Bad Bonuses:
In a period when BofA received $45 billion in taxpayers
funds the hypocrisy of awarding bonuses for failure is
breathtaking:
• Bank of America and Merrill Lynch awarded its traders
and executives $5.2 billion in bonuses, despite
receiving a $45 billion taxpayer bailout.
• 11 Merrill Lynch executives and traders were paid
more than $10 million each, while nearly 700 were
received at least $1 million
Not only does it thumb its nose at taxpayers and
government but it does the same to shareholders.