The following is Solari's list of the 20 best banks to flush from our lives in the U.S. In 2004 alone, these 20 banks reaped $89 billion in net income, while in the same year US households ran a deficit of $342 billion.

Consider what could happen if we turned the tables.

    1.  Bank of America
    2.  Bank of New York
    3.  Barclays
    4.  BB&T
    5.  Citibank/Citigroup
    6.  Citizens
    7.  Credit Suisse
    8.  Deutsche Bank
    9.  HSBC
    10. JP Morgan Chase
    11. Mellon
    12. Merrill Lynch
    13. PNC
    14. Royal Bank of Canada
    15. State Street
    16. Sumitomo
    17. SunTrust
    18. UBS
    19. Wachovia
    20. Wells Fargo

    TOTAL NET INCOME in 2004: $89 Billion


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