Hillary and Me

Positions held: Me: Compliance officer for a major national bank and data processor; paralegal for a major retailer.

Hillary: Senator from New York; Secretary of State; candidate for President of the United States.

Preparation to perform duties:

Me: Attend a national compliance school; read every word of proposed legislation and regulations, including definitions, footnotes and citations; focus on definitions and penalties for violations.

Hillary: Be elected by voters or belong to the political party in power.

Risk if duties not performed:

Me: Customers not well served; institution subject to fines per day per violation; personal risk of imprisonment.

Hillary: National security at risk (per her husband, she thought “C” meant “telephone the sender”); loss of life (Benghazi, for example, about which she asked, “What difference does it make?”).

Conclusion: I read legislation and regulations very slowly. I understood from the “definitions” section of the legislation the specific meaning of every term or code, since I could not read and implement new legislation accurately without that knowledge. If questioned by a regulator, I could not have said “I didn’t understand.”

I hope Hillary, who had responsibilities many times greater than mine, would have used at least the same amount of caution as I did. No one was harmed on my very tiny watch.

You decide about Hillary’s actions and outcomes.

Karen Wenzel Bella Vista