A file photo of ex-New Jersery Governor Jon Corzine speaking...

A file photo of ex-New Jersery Governor Jon Corzine speaking at a campaign rally with U.S. President Barack Obama at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Hackensack campus in New Jersey. (Oct. 21, 2009) Credit: Getty Images

Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's firm, MF Global Holdings Ltd., misplaces $600 million of clients' money and goes into bankruptcy ["Wall Street's ills in a case study," Editorial, Nov. 8]. Corzine then resigns and hires a criminal defense attorney. And people wonder why the young Americans camped out on Wall Street are protesting. They are protesting business as usual on Wall Street.

John R. Brooks, Garden City

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