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7. Poll: Majority Wants to Break up Big Banks

The idea of Uncle Sam breaking up the country's biggest banks may sound far-fetched, but most Americans are actually in favor of doing just that.

A poll released this week by the Progressive Change Institute showed 58 percent of Americans support breaking up "big banks like Citigroup, which played a big role in the financial crisis and recently demonstrated they still have too much power by lobbying for and winning the repeal of a major reform designed to stop Wall Street abuse and taxpayer bailouts."

61 percent of Democrats in favor (17 percent opposed).

47 percent of Republicans in favor (31 percent opposed).

60 percent of independents in favor (24 percent opposed).


http://www.bankrate.com/financing/banking/poll-majority-wants-to-break-up-big-banks/#ixzz3wNU1rZt4