I thought I would share this as it is a response I sent to the Obama Biden campaign after an e mail from them requesting a contribution. I cc'd this to the office of the Attorney General.
Hi Stephanie, thanks for this e mail but at this point the buffet rule is not of concern to me nearly as much as the lack of investigation and prosecution of the fraud and abuse that set up the current financial crisis. We certainly need to look at reform of policies that are allowing the current concentration of wealth with the "one percent", however... Why are our attorney general and federal prosecutors in pursuit of a second federal trial of Roger Clemmens for alleged perjury, yet Wall Street and the Banking industry having most surely committed fraud and perjury... felony criminal behavior, are not being held accountable, nor are reforms being put in place that will prevent a re-occurrence of the recent crisis. This is not the change I can believe in! Why if you can tell me should I support an administration that seems more willing to protect and serve the financial industry than the people of the county it claims to represent. For clarification on your part, if you need it, I would refer you to the writing and commentary of William Black, associate professor of economics and law, University of Missouri Kansas City. Professor Black was one of the principal investigators of the past Savings and loan scandal. That was one 70th the size of the current crisis and fraud and yet there were approximately one thousand or so investigators who brought many cases to trial and won over a thousand convictions. Can you tell me three years after the fact how many investigators are chasing Roger Clemmens for alleged perjury, how many prosecutors are on his case, and how many are investigating Wall street criminal behavior that has cost us all so dearly? I can tell you that I was a supporter of Barack and did contribute to his campaign in the last election, but at this point I am deeply disappointed about this issue in particular. Thank you for your consideration of this response to your request for funds but at this time I must decline to contribute. I fear my response to your email request will get the same response as the e mail I sent directly to the attorney general regarding my concerns about this issue but I would appreciate a response from you or the Attorney General or both. I will cc this to the Attorney Generals office as I still await a response from them regarding my concerns from a prior email. Thanks...
