Protesters shut down local BofA branch and flood McConnell and Boehner's offices

[ProSense]

Think Progress: If Banks Paid Their Full Taxes, We Could Rehire All 132,000 Teachers Laid Off During The Recession — Twice

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In addition to shutting down a local Bank of America branch, Make Wall Street Pay protesters also demonstrated outside the convention of the National Association of Attorneys General, demanding action on the foreclosure crisis. They also flooded the offices of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), demanding that both support policies that would make big Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup pay their fair share before attacking investments and crucial services in Main Street America.

UPDATE Inside the Bank of America, protesters handed the bank-teller a bill for the amount of taxes the megabank failed to pay in recent years:



UPDATE Scores of protesters flooded Boehner's office, telling him they "found the money" we need to tackle our debt without laying off teachers and gutting crucial services:



UPDATE The protesters also encamped outside McConnell's office:



UPDATE Protesters captured video of the demonstration at Bank of America. Watch it:

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[Matariki]

1. Wow.

Yay.

[Poboy]

2. Beautiful!

[Hissyspit]

3. K&R

Any cable news coverage of this?

Probably not.

[bongbong]

38. NPR

The only organization that MIGHT mention it is NPR. They'll talk about the "violent protesters" for about 10 seconds and then have Nina Tottenberg & Jonah Goldberg talk for an hour about why Big Business is perfect.

[Blue Owl]

4. Too bad Boener's at happy hour

n/t

[gratuitous]

18. On a more or less permanent basis

But it gets kind of tough to ignore the voice of the people (instead of the ersatz edition offered up by the Kochs) when they're camped out in your lobby.

[perdita9]

39. America Still has Heroes...

...and they're currently camping in John Boehner's office. Great job, dudes!

[Hannah Bell]

5. kr

[leftstreet]

6. make wall street pay.org

Wall Street CEOs crashed the economy, foreclosed on the American Dream, and have not paid to clean up the mess they created. Make Wall Street Pay is a campaign to make sure that instead of cutting grandma's pension, jobs, or our kids' education, we focus on the real issue of making sure Wall Street and other big corporations become full-fledged members of the taxpaying public.

Who Are We
We are everyday people — retirees, farmers, workers, homeowners, renters, students, clergy, and small business owners -- from across the United States. We are coming together to reclaim our democracy and ensure that those that crashed the economy are held accountable and pay their fair share to rebuild our country. Make Wall Street Pay is being launched by National People's Action, the PICO National Network and the Alliance for a Just Society.

www.makewallstreetpay.org

[Hissyspit]

12. Twitter Hashtag:

#makewallstpay

[Enthusiast]

31. That's great, leftstreet!

I did it!

[joeybee12]

7. Hope this is just the start...knr

[mmonk]

8. Thanks.

This is what citizen action looks like.

[we can do it]

9. We Can Do This Together

[mmonk]

15. Yes. US Uncut has been trying to arrange demonstrations

at BofA also.

[grasswire]

10. my local BofA has had an armed guard outside for the last six months or so

I've noticed.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. They likely got robbed

Or are in an area that has had a rash of bank robberies. Not all BOA's have armed guards (contracted by Wackenhut), they usually get added once a place gets hit.

[Me.]

11. The Email I Got From Them Can Be Found At This Link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=579516&mesg_id=580155

[old mark]

13. K&R- I hope this is a trend. Thanks , OP...nt

[Scuba]

14. Woo Hoo!

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Tsiyu]

17. K & R

My heroes...

this "The country is broke" meme is fucking bullshit.

The People may be broke, but the country is flooded with cash flowing to the top 1%. It's all being hoarded...

[malaise]

20. Tax the rich or meet the Working Class and Middle Class

on the streets.

Bravo!!!

[cui bono]

21. Did I miss the Wikileak about BofA?

Or did we not need it? I haven't heard anything yet...

[socialist_n_TN]

22. Kick. Keep it up guys, keep it up!!!

:fistbump:

[Poboy]

23. .

[ClarkUSA]

24. Beautiful. I will note that these protesters are blaming the right people.

They know that President Obama and Democrats are not at fault.

[AllyCat]

25. Nice! Man folks are waking up and getting pissed off. 'bout time.

[FormerOstrich]

26. The banks are made of marbles.....

I've traveled round this country
From shore to shining shore.
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw.

I saw the weary farmer,
Plowing sod and loam;
I heard the auction hammer
A knocking down his home.

But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That the farmer sweated for.

I saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore.
I heard the bosses saying,
Got no work for you no more.

But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That the seaman sweated for.

I saw the weary miner,
Scrubbing coal dust from his back,
I heard his children cryin',
Got no coal to heat the shack.

But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That the miner sweated for.


I've seen my brothers working
Throughout this mighty land;
I prayed we'd get together,
And together make a stand.

Then we'd own those banks of marble,
With a guard at every door;
And we'd share those vaults of silver,
That we have sweated for



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o3CJytIPE">Pete Seger

[upi402]

27. Pete Seeger's

1959 Folkways LP 'American Industrial Songs'

A long time ago. Another country. Seems like another people too for the most part, even many here don't get what's going on.

[road2000]

47. Music was the lamp of deliverance in the sixties...

If more people were singing about social and economic justice today, we'd have that revival of interest we're always looking for. Or at least an awareness of self-interest that would prevent voters from shooting themselves in the feet.

[JeffersonChick]

28. Awesome! k&r

[iwishiwas]

29. I hope their efforts are day after day. It is the only way it will work.

[Mojeoux]

30. Reccomend Reccomend Reccomend Rec & Kick

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[wildbilln864]

32. Bravo! And k&r! nt

[alfredo]

33. Either give or we will take.

[Guilded Lilly]

34. The unbreakable courage of the heart of middle America still brings a lump to my throat

and proud tears to my eyes!

[bvar22]

35. Yes!!!

"They also flooded the offices of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), demanding that both support policies that would make big Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup pay their fair share before attacking investments and crucial services in Main Street America."

Also, the following should be added to the list of protest targets:

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California)
and , of course, the White House

Now THIS is “Bi-Partisanship” !
Better get used to it!!







Who represents THIS Overwhelming American Majority?
"By their works you will know them."

[rucky]

36. WE FOUND THE MONEY!

:rofl:

awesome

[VoteProgressive]

37. +1

[Chorophyll]

40. K&R.

Gotta share this! Thanks, ProSense!

[Crowman1979]

41. WOO-HOO! That's a +1000 from me!

:yourock:

[swilton]

42. When are our political leaders going to join the protesters?

:yourock:

[callous taoboy]

43. THAT'S what I'm talking about.

[Fire1]

44. So folks are finally pissed. Bout time. n/t

[butterfly77]

45. Oh Yeah!!

That's what I'm talkin about!!!!!:kick: :kick: :kick: :fistbump: :woohoo:

[butterfly77]

46. Time to protest ...

that wall street bastard SANTELLI he claims to be the founder and leader of the TEABAGGERS...

[marions ghost]

48. go protestors!

:thumbsup: you speak for me