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Measure B Could Eventually Keep Your Local Tax Dollars out of Major Private Banks

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L.A. Tacoquoted Nicolas Duquetteof the USC Price School on Measure B, an initiative that could open the doors for a Los Angeles public bank.

“I don’t think it’s as radical as people think it is,” says Nicolas Duquette, a public-policy professor at the University of Southern California. “There are plenty of other services that are government-run financial institutions, like the F.D.I.C. [the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]. A public bank could be run for the city’s benefit, and any profit margin on services stays in the bank.”

 

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