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DESCRIPTION:Protest Bank Robbery!\nFed up? Make your voice heard—Speak out!\n\nThe 
 government has handed over hundreds of billions of dollars of our money to 
 the biggest banks in the country—Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, 
 Citibank, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and others—with NO STRINGS ATTACHED! 
 \n\nThe big banks and investors set off the worst economic downturn since 
 the Great Depression of the 1930s by their wild betting spree on sub-prime 
 mortgages, hedge funds and other risky investments. Millions of people have 
 lost their jobs, homes, health care, pensions and more because of the 
 crisis caused by Wall Street. But it is the super-rich who are being 
 rescued with ten trillion dollars—$10,000,000,000,000—while working 
 people are left to fend for ourselves. \n\nCongress and the White House 
 didn’t even require the banks to reveal what they used the money for. 
 When asked, bankers have simply replied, “We choose not to disclose that 
 information.” AMAZING! Anyone else who gets the smallest grant from the 
 government is required to report what they did with the money, otherwise 
 they have to give it back. But not the giant banks who have just been given 
 the biggest gift in history. \n\nNeither Congress, nor the White House have 
 put any conditions on the giveaway that would protect the people! So, no 
 sooner did the banks get the bailout money—our money—than they doubled 
 and tripled interest rates on credit cards, cut credit limits and closed 
 many accounts. It didn’t matter if you were making payments or not. 
 \n\nNow the bailed-out banks are stepping up foreclosures and evictions 
 that have already put millions of people out of their homes. In March 2009, 
 the foreclosure rate on homes went up 24%, the biggest increase on record. 
 \n\nWhat’s going on is a double rip-off. The banks are receiving 
 trillions of dollars of our money on the one hand, while increasing their 
 profits by extracting every dollar they can from people who are suffering 
 as a result of the crisis the banks themselves have caused. \n\nWE SAY: 
 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! \nWe demand government action at the federal, state and 
 local level to: \n• Stop all foreclosures and evictions. There are now 
 18.9 million vacant housing units in the U.S.—everyone should have the 
 right to a home. \n• Rollback and cap credit card rates at no more than 
 5% interest. \n• Bailout the people, not the banks—fund people’s 
 needs, not war and the super-rich. The money is there! \n\nJustice First is 
 a newly formed national organization that is dedicated to fighting for the 
 people’s economic, social and political rights. Justice First believes 
 that everyone has the right to a job or living income, food, housing, 
 health care, education and more. As the bailout has proved, the money is 
 there. Join us in building a movement to put the people’s needs first! 
 \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/04/18592741.php
SUMMARY:Speak-Out: Protest Bank Robbery!
LOCATION:Montgomery and Market Sts. by Bank of America and Sen. Feinstein's office
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/04/18592741.php
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