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  Obama Takes to the Street
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News DateMonday, September 17, 2007 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Descriptionall Street has been among Barack Obama's strongest bases of financial support, but yesterday he came bearing not thanks but a tough message: America's financial elite may need to start thinking some more about the greater good.

In a speech at NASDAQ Marketsite, Obama warned that a "what's good for me is good enough" mentality is creeping across Wall Street and echoed Franklin D. Roosevelt in calling for a "reappraisal of values."

"If we are honest, I think we must admit that those who have benefited from the new global marketplace -- and that includes almost everyone in this room -- have not always concerned themselves with the losers in this new economy," the Illinois senator said, according to the Associated Press. "The danger with this mentality isn't just that it offends our morals, it's that it endangers our markets."
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