I was a banker and I was proud of it. This is the man that was a managing general partner at Lehman Brothers when it went down the tubes. In Congress, John Kasich voted to give Wall Street banks a blank check to write billions in bad loans, leading to the financial crisis. Then as a banker at Lehman Brothers, a Wall Street bank that failed, Kasich made millions while taxpayers were forced to bail out Wall Street. John Kasich. Washington insider. Wall Street banker. I was a banker and I was proud of it. America Leads is responsible for the content of his advertising.