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With U.S. taxpayers giving hundreds of billions of dollars to failing banks, several commentators have proposed to nationalize them instead. What do you think?

At the same time, while the White House forced the president of General Motors to resign, there is a growing demand to make CEOs of failing banks, such as Bank of America, to resign as well. What do you think of this?

Yes, I think the government should nationalize the failed banks and bring to justice those who perpetrated the fraud that siphoned billions of taxpayer dollars.

Horace Thomas
RN
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York City
Yes, I believe we have the right to encourage Congress to hold these people accountable.

Bernett Reid
Lab Tech
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
When the government starts taking over private enterprise, it is called communism.

Christine Meehan
Clerical
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, NY 
 
I would like the new government try to be strict with all the corrupt people of the banks, try to remove them, give opportunity to new people. The Republican Party left this country bankrupt.

Luis Arce
Retiree
New York City
All CEOs should resign, especially Mr. Melzer, CEO in Long Beach Medical Center, who gets about $100,000 raise per year while the rest of the workers do not receive rise for four years. Is this justice?

Jose Quispe
Nursing assistant
LBMC
Long Beach, NY 
The people we need to hold accountable are our representatives in Washington who are in charge of oversight. They clearly did not do their job and some of them are too close to the people they are supposed to regulate. They are the ones who are paid to look out for us. The bankers are capitalists looking to maximize profits. It appears that regulations did not keep pace with the industry and for that you can blame Washington. Nationalizing the
banks will not correct this problem

John Kapusniak
Senior Biomed Tech
Institution: Community General Hospital
Syracuse, NY

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