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DESCRIPTION:PALO ALTO: Thursday, September 25, 4:30 - 6:00 PM\nLytton Plaza, University 
 Ave. and Emerson St., Palo Alto\n"No Blank Check for Wall Street" picket 
 and petitioning. Bring signs, some materials provided. Help us circulate 
 petitions to Congress to stop the blank check. \nSponsored by Peninsula 
 Peace and Justice Center ~ www.PeaceandJustice.org ~ 650-326-8837.\n\nSAN 
 MATEO: Thursday, September 25, 5:00 PM\nOutside Congresswoman Jackie 
 Speier's Office, Fourth Ave. and El Camino Real, San Mateo\nLet the 
 community know that Peace Action sees this as a critical PEACE AND JUSTICE 
 issue. \nSponsored by Peace Action of San Mateo County ~ 
 www.SanMateoPeaceAction.org ~ 650-342-8244.\n\nSAN JOSE: Thursday, 
 September 25, 5:00 - 6:30 PM\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Steps, 
 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose\nSpeak Out about the Bailout--No Blank 
 Check for the Wall Street Con Men!! COME OUT and SPEAK OUT. \nSponsored by 
 San Jose Peace and Justice Center ~ www.SanJosePeace.org ~ 
 408-297-2299.\n\nBackground: George Bush will address the nation Wednesday 
 night about the Wall Street bailout. We need to push back!  If Congress is 
 going to hand over $700 billion in taxpayers' money--which seems more than 
 likely--then the taxpayers should get something out of it.\n\nCongress is 
 moving rapidly--far too rapidly--on legislation to bail out Wall Street 
 scam artists whose unfettered greed and fraudulent accounting practices 
 have brought the country's financial systems to the brink of collapse. 
 Rather than getting a bailout, they should be posting bail for their 
 criminal conduct.\n\nBut that isn't going to happen. Congress is going to 
 write the check. It is clear that no level of protest from the people who 
 will be paying for this Authorization for the Use of Financial Force will 
 be able to stop the steamroller. (A Rasmussen poll yesterday found only 25% 
 support for the massive bailout.)\n\nFaced with this situation, 
 Representatives and Senators need to hear from their constituents 
 immediately. We demand that the bailout bill have some strong and 
 meaningful common-sense controls--not just the blank check that the Bush 
 White House is demanding. If we the people are going to finance this 
 fiasco, we demand:\n\n* Equity ownership for taxpayers in any corporation 
 receiving bailout money.\n* Strong re-regulation of Wall Street and 
 significant public oversight of the bailout.\n* No "golden parachutes" for 
 executives of failing corporations;  restrictions on CEO salaries.\n* Help 
 for Main Street as well as Wall Street: An immediate freeze on 
 foreclosures; help refinancing mortgages; extensions of unemployment 
 benefits and food stamps; government investment in infrastructure projects 
 that will create jobs.\n* No more closed-door lobbying by the financial 
 services industry.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/24/18541145.php
SUMMARY:Demonstrations: No Blank Check for Wall Street Scam Artists!
LOCATION:Demonstrations in San Mateo, Palo Alto, and San Jose - Details below!
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/24/18541145.php
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