# Bank of America to firearm company: Your business is no longer welcome

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**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bank-of-america-to-firearm-company-your-business-is-no-longer-welcome/263475 "2012-04-20T19:45:02Z")
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### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bank-of-america-to-firearm-company-your-business-is-no-longer-welcome/263475/18 "2012-04-21T17:45:12Z")

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> [@My b-day present from my wife... Richard Petty Driving Experience!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-b-day-present-from-my-wife-richard-petty-driving-experience/49250/10):
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> well since its a bank it seems like they should be more interested in money than politics

Not when the reason for their existence IS politics. Remember the bailouts?

[http://blog.chron.com/lorensteffy/2011/10/bank-of-americas-latest-bailout-bigger-than-ever/](http://blog.chron.com/lorensteffy/2011/10/bank-of-americas-latest-bailout-bigger-than-ever/)

Also:

Banks that received funding from the government bailout (TARP)

Company Type State Amount  
(in millions)  
Bank of America  
(incl. Merrill Lynch) Bank NC $45,000  
Citigroup Bank NY $45,000  
AIG Insurance Corp NY $40,000  
JPMorgan Chase Bank NY $25,000  
Wells Fargo Bank CA $25,000  
General Motors Auto Company MI $14,284  
Morgan Stanley Bank NY $10,000  
Goldman Sachs Bank NY $10,000  
PNC Financial Services Bank PA $7,579.2  
U.S. Bancorp Bank MN $6,599  
Chrysler Auto Company MI $5,500  
GMAC Financial Services MI $5,000  
SunTrust Bank GA $4,900  
Capital One Financial Corp. Bank VA $3,555.2  
Regions Financial Corp. Bank AL $3,500  
Fifth Third Bancorp Bank OH $3,408  
American Express Financial Services NY $3,388.9  
BB&T Bank NC $3,133.6  
Bank of New York Mellon Bank NY $3,000  
KeyCorp Bank OH $2,500  
CIT Group Commercial Bank NY $2,330  
Comerica Incorporated Bank TX $2,250  
State Street Bank MA $2,000  
Marshall & Ilsley Bank WI $1,715  
Northern Trust Bank IL $1,576  
Zions Bancorp Bank UT $1,400

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