Reading The Riot Act

President Obama spoke on Wall Street one day before the first anniversary of the momentous Lehman Brother Brokerage collapse. He pointed out that a year ago, $5 trillion of U.S. savings evaporated over a three month period. He insists that the ongoing rape of investors since then will not be tolerated, and he served notice to the thieves that they will have to make new rules for themselves.

In November 2009, I published this poem in my most recent book entitled November Years, Reflections on Aging.

Integrity

Can oversight be overseen
By those who took it down?
They are in charge.
They will not leave.
For decades still around.

Without integrity
Wall Street cannot recover.
Without integrity
Wall Street cannot exist.

D. Grant Sirola

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