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Statement: Sanders on Pay Czar's Latest Report

Statement

Date: July 23, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Finance and Banking

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today reacted to a report by the Treasury Department's "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg that large firms receiving taxpayer bailouts were at the same time handing out lavish bonuses to their executives. Sanders issued the following statement:

"Frankly, the report is not a great surprise. The leadership on Wall Street is obsessed with greed and self interest and couldn't care less about the needs of ordinary people and the American economy."


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