One of the most satisfying accomplishments of my career happened just a few weeks ago when I received my first slew of hate emails. They came all at once in response to my New York Times Op-Ed about post office banking and each one brought a smile to my face. (That’s not fully accurate—the three page hand-written letter I got from a prisoner in Georgia who informed me how difficult it is for him to even get stamps from the post office, let alone a loan, made me really sad). But I was cheered up when the Breitbart blog disparaged me and Elizabeth Warren in the same sentence—that just had me downright blushing. I was also flattered by the article that said that I was hiding my past as a high-powered bank lobbyist at Davis Polk—if only! Let me be clear, I’m not talking about nasty personal attacks that some of my friends have dealt with. I was just incredibly impressed by people who read the Op-Ed, disagreed with it, and took the time to write me a long substantive email. Although I did write each one back individually to thank them for their emails (except for the creepy ones), I would like to answer just a few general criticisms to post office banking here:
I have written about Post office banking
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I guess Breitbart didn’t read the article that exposed the banking past you’ve been hiding . . .
(excellent title for the post :))
Posted by: carissa | Mar 6, 2014 3:00:00 PM