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Final Notice - Payment Past Due

Let the bankers know: Since they won't rein themselves in, the government is going to have to do it. Your senators also will receive your letter, so they'll know we want the banks to face consequences for their actions.

It's time for them to support legislation that:

Talking Points

Gets back some of the bailout money through a new financial crisis responsibility fee to be paid by the largest banks.
Creates a consumer financial protection agency to provide the oversight that's been missing in recent years.

Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

(Edit Letter Below)

This is your final notice. You've gone over the line too many times--and made it clear you'll keep going over the line until someone stops you.

It's not enough that your bank was among the ones that caused a national financial crisis? It's not enough that your bank came to taxpayers like myself asking for hundreds of billions of dollars in relief? Now, with 10 percent unemployment and families losing their homes to the mortgage crisis that Wall Street created, we hear that bank executives will be taking home six- and even seven-figure bonuses--bonuses made possible by our tax dollars.

It's past time that the interests of working people in the real economy are put before those of reckless CEOs. Wall Street has made clear it will not rein in its own excesses. That means the only way to restore balance to the American economy is for the government to rein in Wall Street.

That's why I'm calling for my senators to support legislation that:
 1) Gets back the bailout money through a financial crisis responsibility fee on the largest banks and those that have taken on the most debt.
 2) Creates a consumer financial protection agency to provide the oversight that's been missing in recent years. The regulators we trusted to protect consumers from Wall Street risk-taking have failed us, and it's time for a new, independent watchdog agency.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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