A bill that will shrink big banks, and can actually pass

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From: "Sen. Sherrod Brown" <moveon-help@list.moveon.org>
Date: May 9, 2013 11:01 AM
Subject: A bill that will shrink big banks, and can actually pass
To: "Daniel A. Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Cc:

Below is an email from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. Senator Brown started a petition on the MoveOn website, where anyone can start their own online petition.

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Tell Congress: It's time to break up the Wall Street megabanks for good. Sign the Petition

Dear MoveOn member,

Big Wall Street megabanks are still putting American taxpayers at risk. 

Big banking institutions like Bank of America and Citibank hold more investments than they have cash on hand to cover. That means that if those assets lose their value, the banks can't recover on their own. And when a bank's failure means the failure of the American economy, the taxpayers are forced to step in. 

It's called "Too Big to Fail." It should be called "too risky for the American economy" and "too reckless to continue." 

This is the practice that brought our economy to the brink once before. That's why I have a new, bipartisan plan to end Too Big to Fail, and break up Wall Street megabanks for good. My plan would require that banks carry enough capital to cover their own losses, or force them to downsize so that they are no longer a risk to the American economy. 

This is a commonsense solution—but I need all of us to help. The petition I started to Congress says:

Give Wall Street megabanks a choice: Carry enough capital to cover your own losses, or downsize until you're no longer a threat to American taxpayers.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Sign your name today, and make sure members of Congress know that you're in favor of ending "Too Big to Fail."

Sincerely,

–Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator

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