The Big Bank Track Record

The damage big banks have done in just one year is hard to comprehend. Take a look at the numbers:

• The financial sector has taken $4.7 trillion. in taxpayer dollars over the past year.
• The bank-driven economic crisis has cost American families $11 trillion in wealth - nearly 18% of our net worth.
• The crisis isn't over, but banks are already back to their old ways - setting aside $74.4 billion for bonuses in the first half of 2009 alone.
• They continue to hit their costumers with outrageous fees. Americans will pay more than $38 billion in overdraft fees alone in 2009 (that's $125 for every man, woman, and child in the US).

Meet the big banks of Wall Street:

• Bank of America
• Citigroup
• Goldman Sachs
• JPMorgan Chase
• Wells Fargo

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