I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of the Wall Street Bankers getting a free pass while the taxpayers are left holding the bag for their irresponsible and reckless policies.
I was thrilled to hear that JPMorgan Chase is preparing to pay a record $13 billion settlement with the federal government for questionable mortgage lending practices which helped burst the housing bubble and led to the financial crisis of late 2008.
All the while my opponent, Steve Pearce, continues to accept large contributions from commercial banks. He has collected nearly $300,000 from them while sitting on the financial services committee, who is tasked with regulating the banking industry.
Earlier this week I am rolled out my platform to stand up to the banks and powerful interests on Wall Street who have all too easily purchased access to too many members of Congress.
I am ready to get to Washington and join Senator Elizabeth Warren’s policies for putting big bank CEOs that helped cause our financial system to fail in jail.
I pledge that I will not accept money from the banking industry and to be an ally for Main Street when I am elected.
Double the budget of SIGTARP (Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief Program). Since its creation in late 2008, SIGTARP has investigated the banks that stole or abused TARP funds. They have saved the taxpayers an estimated $4.3 billion and boast a 75% conviction rate of greedy bankers.
Urge the United States Attorney General to bring criminal charges against the CEOs and other executives of the major banks that made irresponsible decisions that played a key role in the burst of the housing bubble.
Create a dedicated fund of fines and penalties leveled against the banks to provide more investigative services and bring forward more criminal investigations against those most responsible for creating the housing bubble.
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