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Douglas Leech, founder and CEO of Centra Bank, a WV bank that took money from the gubmint then returned it when the gubmint imposed new conditions:

“What they did is wrong and fundamentally un-American,” he said. “Even though the government told us to take this money to increase our lending, the extra charge meant we had less money to lend. It was the equivalent of a penalty for early withdrawal.”

The equivalent of a penalty for early withdrawal from… a bank account!

(nyt)