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Dimon said the economy would have grown faster without the
Washington gridlock, but said he did not blame the government as
it is elected by the people.
"If we want people in Washington to collaborate, let's elect
people who are going to collaborate," he told moderator Chuck
Todd.
Dimon, however, said he gave "enormous credit" to several
current and former Washington officials for stopping the
recession from getting worse. He cited former President George
Bush, President Barack Obama, former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Henry "Hank" Paulson, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"And I think if they had not taken a lot of those actions it
likely would have gotten worse," he said.
(Reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
and Leslie Adler)
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