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Proposed Agenda For Occupy Wall Street #4: Prevent Another Financial Collapse By Breaking Up Big Banks

December 10, 2011

Strings were never tied to TARP, and as a result Wall Street and the financial institutions have learned zip from their wanton, careless and risky behavior pre-2008.  It is their sheer size that created the nation coming so close to the edge, and if the present problems of the European Union tells us anything is [...]

Tagged as: Break-up the Banks, James Kwak, Proposed Agenda for OWS, simon johnson, vulnerability of u.s banks and corporations to eu crisis

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How We Got Here–The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series: #2 Housing

October 17, 2011

From the Duluth News Tribune Thursday, May 14 1998 Buying Homes Easier ‘Buying a moderately priced home in the Duluth (MN) area is within the reach of many people who don’t think they make enough money to qualify for a mortgage,  according to local experts.  The Minnesota State Office of the U.S. Department of Housing [...]

Tagged as: Bank of America, BofA, Chain of Blame, Countrywide Financial Corp, derivatives and bundling, Fannie May, How We Got Here: The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series, James "Jim" Johnson, James "Jim" Johnson Fannie May, Obama, Occupy Wall Street protest, Perseus LLC, Perseus LLC & Soros, Reckless Endangerment, Soros, The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series #2 Housing

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VIDEOS: Arrested For Closing Bank Accounts

October 16, 2011
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Apparently both Citibank and Bank of America have a policy: If you are a protester, and try to close your account or withdraw money — they will call 911 and have you arrested. COPS ARREST PROTESTERS TRYING TO CLOSE CITIBANK ACCOUNTS Security locked Citibank customers inside as they arrested 23 #OccupyWallStreet protesters for attempting to [...]

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Plain Speaking Jesse Ventura Stands With Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO)

October 13, 2011

Joining the Occupy Wall Street in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota this week former Gov. Jesse Ventura (I-MN) quoted John Adams that “The United States would be destroyed not from a force without, but from within when political parties would takeover the government.” Warning that the country has been hijacked by the crooks and conspirators who run [...]

Tagged as: Former Governor lashes out at crooks and conspirators on Wall Street, Hijacking America, Jess Ventura Joins Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Goes MidWest, Republicans and Democrats bought off

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Demonstrators On Wall Street–A Harbinger Of Things To Come?

September 25, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street Protests on September 17th was given little notice by the media.    With arrests being made yesterday, this two week protest, a  peaceful protest made up of a diverse group in age and political persuasion meant to express opposition and draw attention to the economic crisis created by Wall Street’s financial [...]

Tagged as: Arrests on Wall Street, Media Missing On Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Rally, Wall Street Rally Beginning of U.S. Spring?

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Banks Increase Lay-offs To Recoup Bad Loan Losses & Slower Growth

January 20, 2011

Wall Street Journal’s Matthias Rieker reported today that several banks will be laying off workers to trim their expenses in an attempt to recover from bad debts still on their books and as a result of slower than expected revenue growth. Read Full Article Here→

Tagged as: American Express, Bank Layoffs, Housing Crisis, Matthias Rieker, Slower revenue for banks, State Street, Synovus, Wall Street Journal, Wells Fargo

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