Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To 'Earn Back' America's Trust

By Shahien Nasiripour
Huffington Post
First Posted: 02- 8-10 07:50 PM

Bailout watchdog and Middle Class advocate Elizabeth Warren has accused Wall Street CEOs of abusing consumer trust and challenged them to step up and support financial reform -- for the nation's benefit as well as their own.

In an opinion piece [Wall Street's Race to the Bottom] to be published in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, Warren writes, "For years, Wall Street CEOs have thrown away customer trust like so much worthless trash."

"Banks and brokers have sold deceptive mortgages for more than a decade. Financial wizards made billions by packaging and repackaging those loans into securities. And federal regulators played the role of lookout at a bank robbery, holding back anyone who tried to stop the massive looting from middle-class families. When they weren't selling deceptive mortgages, Wall Street invented new credit card tricks and clever overdraft fees.

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