Forum Post: Wall Street Crooks - Part 2

Wall Street's emissaries, who are appointed to key posts in our government, are scrofulous flunkies who serve Wall Street’s interests ahead of Main Street America. Greenspan, Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner and Summers are excellent examples of Wall Street toadies. Wall Street lobbyists and their huge political campaign contributions convinced the current president and others before him that it is best to leave the financial affairs of our country to dubious professionals in the close-knit financial community. It is to their everlasting shame that our presidents did not have the good sense or backbone to tell Wall Street to go to hell. Instead, they saw fit to appoint Wall Street's recommended candidates to key positions such as Chairman of the Federal Reserve and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. The Senate, who also accepted huge Wall Street campaign funding, compounded this error in judgment by foolishly approving the presidential appointments. It is in this manner that Main Street’s financial well-being was jeopardized and undermined. Wall Street's handpicked stewards in government are directly responsible for the economic quagmire we are in because they took instructions from Wall Street instead of the people they are supposed to represent.