By Supporting the Bank Lobbyist Act, the U.S. Chamber Puts Wall Street Profits Before Taxpayers
By Craig Sandler, Public Citizen After the financial industry’s crash in 2008, taxpayers footed a bill for hundreds of billions of dollars for bank bailouts. In the wake of the crash, the U.S. government failed to prosecute any of the top bankers responsible for it. And, last December, the G.O.P. passed a tax cut that showered more wealth on bankers than […]