ABA Showdown at Wells Fargo

[ConsiderThis1]

This is an excellent video, and I am so glad that some people are taking a stand!

[Melville10]

These are growing in number too. These aren't getting as much coverage as the tea parties but they should.

[americanhero0967]

where is bwarney fwank??

[NakedWombat666]

Nice. Non-violent and to the point. Well done all. Big banks can suck it.

[indigolifeworks]

yay..I read about the housing in detroit's edison district..they heldd and auction and the banks bought up most of the livable houses...speculation?? Come on...why foreclose and then rebuy..hmmm..freakin' greedy evil banks..go afterr the share holders..

[stjimmy933499399493]

DON'T FUCKING LEAVE!!!!!!WHY THE HELL DID YOU LEAVE?????? because their security guards said you had to? they're just a bunch of public citizens on the banks payroll! they have NO AUTHORITY!

[BardCoennius]

Interesting how the Amerikan system worships unbridled, smash-mouth, anal-rape kapitalism and condemns socialism - until these bloodsucking Wall Street firms and c**ksucking mega-banks need to be rescued from the consequences of their own behavior.

Then THEY get "socialist" protections.

The Amerikan System means "socialist protection" for the elite class and big global korporate scum and the throbbing dick of kapitalism up the asses of the those of us who actually WORK for a living.

[stjimmy933499399493]

cheers comrade!

[TheAustrian8]

Your an idiot, and have no concept of what a free market is. Go back to school, (or for the first time, whatever...)

[TheAustrian8]

What the hell do you mean banks unfairly targeted minorities? Wasn't it the great democratic party that demanded banks give these loans to minorities in the name of equality? And who forced them to sign their names to a contract when the A. couldn't afford it or B. put any money down? Last time I checked every American is responsible for understanding what they sign their name to, you can't blame banks, no matter how greedy they may be, if you can't handle your own affairs.

[NakedWombat666]

The Austrian8 you have some good points, but despite signing those papers, the fact is that when someone is approved for credit, there is no rhyme or reason to why, etc. And when people selling mortgages make a commission, they will misrepresent anything to confuse the buyer. It's so clear to see, you tell a person they can afford more than they really can, make a commission and take off. All you have to do is get them to sign. If you lied, or exaggerated their credit worthiness that's tolerated

[TheAustrian8]

What your describing is fraud, which is indeed a crime. If a car salesman sells me a lemon telling me it's fine, then indeed I should be able to pursue action through the courts or police because he signed me to a fraudulent contract. If a broker was lying to someone and telling them they could afford more than they could, that person should be prosecuted. But if a person realizes they are buying something they can't afford and does it anyway, is that person not guilty of their own stupidity?

[naryaquid]

I know it's a favorite Repuke Talking Point, but actually Fannie and Freddie were a very small part of this..and it WAS, after all that brilliant George Bush who championed that "ownership" society.

The last time you "checked"..Stupid, immoral people were running the government....Your viewpoint lost last year.....Get used to it.

Your Republican Talk

[lennhart]

And by OWNERSHIP SOCIETY Bush meant OWNERSHIP OF US by the banksters and the ruling elite of just one percent of the entire population. Those bastards own more and control more than 95 percents of the rest of us COMBINED.

[TheAustrian8]

I'm not a Republican as they violate the constitution just as readily as the democrats do. And Freddie and Fannie had everything to do with this crisis: their screwing with the interest rates coupled with the artificial credit pumped into the market succeeded in making all of these "unfair loans" possible. None of that happens in Capitalism, only government intervention can do that.

[Melville10]

I would argue both parties are at fault. Take your pick, Bush bailouts or Obama bailouts. The Clinton admin also did lots of damage by refusing to do derivatives regulation and legalizing credit default swaps at their administration's end.

[ldruide]

Power to the people! Close your accounts at these greedy banks

[thecount]

beautiful.

[cameradrift]

Encourage people to stop doing business with them and bank at local community banks. Taking the money out of there corrupt system is an effective way to punish them!!!!!!!

[knowfedirs]

Absolutely mhonatak. They're in Chicago in protest of the American Bankers Association - you know, where all of the banksters get together and find other ways to screw all those not part of the 1% richest. IMHO, the Federal Reserve board should be the 1st banksters to be tared and feathered, then the exec officers of each Fed branch, then anyone approving post bailout bonuses to employees of any bank that took our bailout money! They all such ass!

[distantsiren]

We must hold events like these in smaller cities and small towns too! It will show that rural and urbanites alike are united!

[mhonatak]

Great you started in Chicago.

You need to do this in every state!

The People's Voices Must Be Heard in swell before these Bank Chiefs realize the full impact of what they have done to Americans!