[PAA-Discuss] Saturday in Houston
Juli3 at aol.com
Juli3 at aol.com
Wed Nov 2 10:03:34 EDT 2011
Can you join a Make Wall Street Pay action at a big bank branch in
Houston on Saturday?
_Join an Action!_
(http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=123055&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=1) Dear MoveOn member,
After bailouts and free passes from the government, big Wall Street banks
are suddenly being held accountable by the American people.
Tens of thousands of bank customers have pledged to move their money out
of the big banks and into the small banks and credit unions that are
actually investing in our communities.
Now on Saturday November 5, it's time to take accountability straight to
the Main Street branches of these Wall Street institutions. At over 200
actions, we'll shine a light on the damage the big banks are still doing to our
economy, our communities, and our neighbors from coast to coast, and
encourage the big banks' customers to move their money too.
This Saturday in Houston we tell the big banks—and our government—no more
free passes for damaging our economy. On Saturday, we Make Wall Street
Pay.
Host: Michael B—fellow MoveOn member
Where: The Galleria Financial Center (in Houston)
When: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at 1:30 PM
_I can come on Saturday._
(http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=123055&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=2)
_I can come on Saturday and I'm facing foreclosure or am underwater on my
mortgage._
(http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=123055&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=3)
_I can't make this event, but keep me up-to-date on the campaign._
(http://civic.moveon.org/mobile/wallstreet.html?id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=4)
The big banks may have massive marketing machines and spend huge
advertising dollars, but that can't compete with a group of community members in
front of their branches across the country, telling their friends and
neighbors that this bank can't be trusted, because:
* It's firing tens of thousands of people, even while it's making
huge profits and paying record bonuses to executives.1
* It's foreclosing on our neighbors, even when it doesn't have a
legal right to.2
* It's only making 18% of its commercial loans to small businesses in
our community, compared with 56% at the small bank down the street.3
* It helped crash our economy and got a bailout instead of a fine.
No marketing company can out-think that. No advertising budget can
out-spend that. No big bank can ignore it, and neither can the federal government
and attorneys general across the country who are considering a deal that
would let the banks off the hook again—this time for their widespread abusive
mortgage practices.4
With the government sitting on the sidelines, a big national day of action
from customers is the only way the big banks will listen—it's the only way
they'll change. Can you join the Make Wall Street Pay action near you in
Houston?
_I can come on Saturday._
(http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=123055&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=5)
_I can come on Saturday and I'm facing foreclosure or am underwater on my
mortgage._
(http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=123055&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=6)
_I can't make this event, but keep me up-to-date on the campaign._
(http://civic.moveon.org/mobile/wallstreet.html?id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=7)
Thanks for all you do,
–Lenore, Tate, Stefanie, Elena, and the rest of the team
P.S. Can't make this event? _Click here to find another event near you._
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266786&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=9)
Sources:
1. "11 Facts You Need To Know About the Nation's Biggest Banks," Think
Progress, October 7, 2011
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266685&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=10_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266685&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=10)
"On Street, Pay Vaults to Record Altitude," The Wall Street Journal,
February 2, 2011
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266788&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=11)
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266118&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=12_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266118&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=12)
2. "September Bank Foreclosures Reach New Record," ABC News, October 14,
2010
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266789&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=13)
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266116&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=14_ (http://www.move
on.org/r?r=266116&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=14)
"Foreclosure activity soars in third quarter, ending lengthy lull," Los
Angeles Times, October 18, 2011
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266790&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=15)
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266691&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=16_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266691&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=16)
3. "Banks and Small Business Lending," New Rules Project, February 10,
2010
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266791&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=17)
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266782&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=18_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266782&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=18)
4. "The Worst Deal They Could Cut," The Huffington Post, October 31, 2011
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266727&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=19_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266727&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=19) "A Deal That
Wouldn't Sting," The New York Times, October 29, 2011
_http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266787&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=20_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=266787&id=32517-1429866-tFJDsPx&t=20)
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