Willie Sutton said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” Well, the banks have a lot of our money right now. Let’s take it back so we can use it to create jobs and invest in a 21st century economy.
Wall Street banks brought our financial system to the brink of collapse. Taxpayers spent hundreds of billions of dollars to bail them out. Now these mega-banks are poised to announce $150 billion in executive bonuses—these folks truly have no shame. [1]
Yesterday, President Obama announced a plan to get our bailout money back—with a fee targeted to the biggest banks who took on the most risky debt.
This proposal must be approved by Congress, and we know the mega- banks will do everything in their power to fight it. They’ll bring out the big guns, and spend millions lobbying so they can keep their billions in bonuses.
We’re launching a letter to Congress that says, “Support President Obama’s plan to get our bailout money back from the Wall Street banks.”
Click here to tell Congress to pass President Obama’s plan to get our money back from the banks.
