Just a few days after Jobs with Justice joined Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s campaign for a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs — the kind that can lead to jail time, not just ’slap-on-the-wrist’ fines — and another week of nationwide mobilizations demanding bank reform and good jobs, the Obama Justice Department has agreed to open a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs.
This investigation is overdue, like the payment Wall Street owes America for wrecking our economy and pushing people out of homes and jobs.
Goldman Sachs’ speculation and profiteering was a major cause of the recession and now their CEO is giving out $16.7 billion in bonuses. They got a bailout, what do all of us get?
On January 21, Boston community leaders and activists marched on Goldman Sachs to demand that Executive Bonuses be used to fund the Ellison Jobs Bill. The amount of Goldman Sachs’ bonuses would cover more than half of the $30 billion jobs bill that would put unemployed people to work improving our communities.
Just a few days after Jobs with Justice joined Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s campaign for a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs — the kind that can lead to jail time, not just ’slap-on-the-wrist’ fines — and another week of nationwide mobilizations demanding bank reform and good jobs, the Obama Justice Department has agreed to open a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs.
