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USCA2 - Sue rip-off corporate bankers
| Continue to pursue criminal and civil charges against rip-off corporate bankers | |
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Why have we given up pursuing something that everyone agrees is illegal and that has decimated so many lives, and the entire middle class?
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We have to keep 'em honest.
Tammy stood up for Wisconsin homeowners in stopping the Justice Department from cutting a sweetheart deal for the 5 biggest mortgage banks. She fought against giving them immunity from prosecution for the fraud they’d committed. She won, the banks did not get immunity, and were forced to pay billions of dollars to the victims.
Source: tammybaldwin.com
Source: tammybaldwin.com
How can we keep this important idea in the minds of the public?
The crooks on Wall Street whose greed precipitated this recession are now earning more money than before the American people bailed them out.
Source: bernie.org
Source: bernie.org
We need to demand that the Justice Department, our state Attorneys General, and federal regulators do more to push back on the big banks and their lobbyists. We need to demand that they investigate those whose illegal actions have broken the economy and, when the evidence warrants it, that they bring public prosecutions.
Source: elizabethwarren.com
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This LIBOR manipulation is just another example