Tell Goldman Sachs: Hands off the H1N1 vaccine.

This is beyond outrageous. Pregnant women and children with respiratory problems struggle to get access to scarce doses of the H1N1 vaccine. But according to NBC News, bankers at Goldman Sachs enjoy a stockpile of 200 doses of the vaccine -- the same as allotted to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.¹

With hospitals, schools and community health clinics in desperate need of the H1N1 vaccine, it's unconscionable that Wall Street can just cut in line and secure scarce doses for bankers.

Goldman Sachs received over $1 billion in taxpayer bailouts during the financial meltdown. But that's not all. It was the single-largest recipient of taxpayer money in the AIG bailout, receiving almost $13 billion once AIG's positions were unwound.

And now, analysts predict Goldman Sachs could give its bankers as much as $23 billion in bonuses, while the rest of country struggles through the jobless "recovery."

NBC chief medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman has suggested that Goldman donate its doses to Lenox Hill Hospital. We agree, that's the least they can do.²

Tell Goldman Sachs: Donate your H1N1 vaccine doses to Lenox Hill Hospital. Your at-risk employees should go wait in the same line with the taxpayers who bailed you out.

¹11/05/09 Huffington Post: Wall Street Banks Getting Swine Flu Vaccine Before Many High-Risk Groups (VIDEO)
²Ibid.

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