#Occupy Oakland are currently shutting down a Chase branch

[Fire Walk With Me]

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alyssa011968
#OccupyOakland I front if the bank. "Chase, chase u can't hide we can c your greedy side."

[unionworks]

1. Go Occupy!

K&R.

[Starry Messenger]

2. k&r

[frazzled]

3. Are you sure the little old ladies trying to deposit their Social Security checks

are going to like this? Is that something to consider? Especially affected are poorer and older people, who don't do computer banking and who sometimes rely on actually visiting a branch bank. Especially at Christmas time, when they want to get crisp bills to give to the grandkids.

I'm just thinking out loud. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

[BeHereNow]

4. Their local credit unions are happy to oblige, with out fucking them over.

Sorry- but from what I have seen, up close and personal,
those little old ladies are the most likely to be FUCKED by the banks.
Trying to help a pensioner make the move right now, here in my world.
BHN

[frazzled]

5. Maybe the branch is near their house

And it's hard for them to get across town. Do you even care? You decide they're fucked so you close down their access. That, my dear friend, is not democracy in action; it's the beginnings of a form of totalitarianism, where you decide what is good for people whether they like it or not. It's never worked out well before.

Direct your wrath at the bank's headquarters, not at the poor people who may need to (or yes, even choose to) access a branch. Believe me, I've seen a lot of discussion of this, and people have left OWS over this very kind of issue. Not a way to win hearts and mind, and not a way to achieve the goals.

[Ed Suspicious]

6. Denying people access to their money seems extremely counterproductive. This faction of OWS needs

to work a lot harder at being a lot smarter in identifying who their target exactly is.