Protesters Target ABA In Chicago

A robust group of clergy, labor and progressive activists took the American Bankers Association by storm, protesting their annual conference and shaming the financial community for excessive pay and failing to use bailout funds to expand credit and help consumers suffering from the poor economy.

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[treid100182]

The Banks are the ultimate demons amongst humanity...

If only Obama didn't secretly Care more about the banks than the American People...

Shame on the American Politicians that let this happen...

...Ben Franklin would have already called for REVOLUTION...

...it's stirring.

[JetRanger0007]

GOOD GIVE EM HELL CORRUPT BANKERS !

[usergently]

Suprising that the stormtroppers weren't messing the protest.

[Dastgreene]

the poor is this man's lottery!!!!!!

[yanikv]

Wow, this demonstration did a lot. I'm sure the CEO's inside planning their next golfing trip in Hawaii really got rattled. Geeee, I bet this show kept them up all night. Wait, no it didnt. It didnt even spoil the first course of their meal that evening.

[farmboycarl]

We could afford our mortgages just fine before our property taxes were doubled, and your Federal Reserve Chairman raised interest rates SEVENTEEN TIMES in '05-'06. Both things knocked out any hope of bldng equity or finding a future buyer for our homes. Maybe if that was the plan (and I'm sure it was), they shouldn't have dropped the rates to artificial lows in '03, and allowed adjustable rate mortgages to begin with. Or doesn't your Government bare any responsibility in protecting its citizens?

[internate]

If you signed your mortgage and can't pay, that's not their problem, and it's not mine. Don't buy shit you can't afford. And don't run to the government to bail you out. Asking the government to do so makes you no better than the people you hate.

[chinacat22]

I think we should go to these people's houses. BOA robbed me by juggling my deposits and withdrawals to create overdraft fees. I hold Ken Lewis personally responsibel for robbing me. They think they are untouchable.

[lilygirl1965]

I think regional protests should be set up across the country in small towns and big cities. I'm in.

[StopTheRobbery]

Absolutely...

I think those souls incarnated to experience the most brutal deaths.

[sorrowiscool]

good, its probably the right road

because i dont think they are going to change unless people start showing up dead

[czubspenx]

The banks made all these stupid mistakes, the government bails them out, then end up with all their money back plus now they own all this property. What is wrong with that story! What's wrong is they should have gone bankrupt and disappeared. Since when do you reward terrrible behavior?