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Forum Post: Hit Them Where It Hurts

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 3, 2011, 8:21 a.m. EST by Spankysmojo (849)
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Did you all notice that when a few Washington in-fighters tried to gain popularity by squelching the Bankmachine's exorbitant fees, they (the banks) did what they do best. They added hidden fees. After late night comedians commented (for laughs), nothing happened. But when Americans decided they couldn't pay the debit fees that Skank of America imposed, they did so by pulling their accounts. Well what happened? Skank of America pulled the fee we spotted. The only way to get to these money hungry robbers is to pull your account. If you want to see OWS fly through the stratosphere there needs to be a concerted effort to send the only message the banks will understand. Not that I disagree with taking them to task and to court, that takes years and won't get the desired result until much later. Now we can all organize and close our accounts within a few days. If it happens quickly, these folks will feel it in their softest underbelly, their wallet resides there. Imagine if a couple of million of us closed our accounts. They will shit.

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[-] 1 points by overstand (60) 13 years ago

Clean house,its full of rats, Impeach Congress,The Supreme Court,bought and paid for public servants of banks and corporations.. Printing Trillions of dollars backed by no goods or services,bailing out the richest people on Earth,the same ones who crashed the world economy..The same ones who have been engineering collapse,war and rebuild cycles for generations, allowing them to amass fortunes in

excess of 500 trillion dollars..High Treason is the charge, and included in this indictment are House of Rothschild,Rockefeller,Bush1,2 and all known accomplices..Seize their assets, distribute this wealth to all people of the world, the ones these transnationals stole it from..We will then proceed to stimulate the economy,ad rebuild this world to be based on respect and nurturing all living things..Become One with All..

[-] 0 points by Spankysmojo (849) 13 years ago

Although I agree, we must be careful not to sound so radical that we become a dismissed group of impossible achievements. We can be positive if we mobilize and act. If we close our bank accounts they will suffer, have to listen, be dismissed by our government and us.

[-] 1 points by randart (498) 13 years ago

We need a national people's credit union.

[-] 0 points by Spankysmojo (849) 13 years ago

Great idea. Close your account....spread it now. Spread it everywhere. Use social media.

[-] 1 points by upnorthgirl (40) from Glenwood, MN 13 years ago

So true! While we're at it, we should avoid payung any taxes that we can avoid paying come April 15. If we don't give the government our money, how will they spend it?

[-] 0 points by happybanker (766) 13 years ago

That's why Capitalism works so well. You actually have a choice of who to do business with! Imagine that! Would you rather have a Govt ran banking system that gave you no choice?

[-] 0 points by Spankysmojo (849) 13 years ago

Good sense. Win from within by leaving the preps out of money. Only peaceful means can win. We will win.