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mortgage | 0
My daughter and son in law did what all Americans do: had good jobs, were consumers, had a lovely home which they had owned for 14 years. Then took out a deadly refinane loan. My son inlaw lost his job with an R and D firm, lost his 401K and his stock portfolio tanked. They were one step ahead of being homeless. My daughter took some free counselling on how to become homeless with dignity. I cried for days. They tried to get the bank to modify their loan so they could continue paying their mortgage which they had done faithfully for 14 years. The bank would not give them a modificaton So now my money goes to help them stay in their house, until they can get back on their feet. In the meantime, the house is now upside down,so rhey can't even sell it. They remain a step away from forclosure, and I am going to do my best to keep them from going there. My grandson deserves a home and you should be ashamed. mary ann greene culver city, CA 90232
Our poverty is your fortune! | 0
You must have children and grandchildren......don't you care about their futures? Are you so infected with greed that you think the money you pass on to them will save them from suffering? Money and power is very liquid. The earth is dying and we humans will be going with it. Shame on you. What you seem to have forgotten is it will take all of us to change the coarse of the disintergrating environment and the unspeakable suffering of most of the human race. We are all related, including you. Humm Berreyesa Sebastopol, CA 95472
Wall Street Greed | 0
Your greed for power and riches will come back to haunt you. You would be wise to reverse what you have done and start to share the wealth instead of hoarding it because your time is getting short. The people are tired of this and have finally started the process of change. If you believe this will go away you are sadly mistaken! We've only just begun. Charles Carter Eureka Spriings, AR 72632
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
Being a multi-degree holding individual that is a minority, it seems infallible to me that after years and 100,000 of dollars worth of debt that I am unqualified to hold a entry level job, the folly is the belief in the banking industry in a so called, "Pull yourself up by your Boot-Straps Mentality" when in reality due to the interests rates my boot straps have been invariably cut off at the line! while consistently sloughing around in untied boots due to the banking system. Allow my student loans to be absolved due to my inability to find gainful employment ranging from career builder, monster, linked inn, usa jobs, city and county openings, the invariable internship and volunteering stations, and hitting the pavement and door knocking this in my humble opinion would be the only FAIR way that my trust could be restored in the banking system. I'm not asking for a handout that is far beneath me as I have opened businesses completely unrelated to what I went to school for that are making a profit now after 10 years of consternation and waiting and hoping only to not have anything there for me, so I'm using the sinew of my soul as my straps and pressing forward but honestly probably going to go to a credit union as a direct deposit to finally stick it to the man i.e. Big Banks so thank you on my progression to a better state, no time to be mad just time to make better choices with my money. Chris Bowe 07306
To Bank of America | 0
My daughter is blind and struggling to live on social security. When you create a fee for a debit card, do you think about people like her? Dr. Mary 93109
Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. Your greed and selfishness have no limits and are obviously out of your control. All of your short term gains are our long term liabilities (i.e., costs). Whether it's the (OUR SHARED) environment, economic plunder, or political chicanery, we 99% continue to slide downward. You and your fat cat cronies have lost any respect we might have had for your "successes". WE are tired of paying for your cleanups and bail outs. Noone cleans up for us or bails us out and we are not willing to continue doing that for you. The change we want is a real change, where everyone gets a fair and HONEST (unminipulated) chance in life and the elimination of corporate personhood: productive jobs at home, fair wages, honest banking and investment (seperate entities), opportunity for a decent education, responsible environmental stewardship - the greatest good for the greatest number in the long term, NOT the greatest good for a select few in the short term at the expense of the many ! Change must come if mankind is to survive, and it will start with Wall Street and and mega corporations. Be prepared ! george craciun thonotosassa, FL 33592
OWS | 0
despite your Disparging outlooks: 99% versus 1% Dee Purti 00000
Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. elton monismith denver, CO 80209
The Spirit Level, and America's Future | 0
Dear Sir or Madam, There is a remarkable message in the book "The Spirit Level" by epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (Penguin 2010): among the wealthy highly developed nations, those with more income equality are scoring better across the board in terms of longevity, infant mortality, mental illness, drug abuse, school drop out rates, rates of incarceration, percent of people obese, social mobility, percent of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted", homicide rate, teenage motherhood, and other measures of social and physical well-being. This is not just making high unequal societies sadder places to live in for the lowest income categories; rather, extreme inequality is like a kind of pollution that everyone has to breathe, it diminishes the well-being of the wealthiest classes as well. It may be that we can invent robots to do most manufacturing tasks, we can grow food at vast scale with very few people, we can use computers to handle banking transactions, we can educate children with screens and software, we can negotiate with labor to hold wages flat and increase profits for shareholders, we can offshore production to take advantage of dirt cheap labor in Bangladesh, we can continue to burn cheap fossil fuels to run all of this, but just because we can do these things, should we, that's the question. There there are hidden costs that should not be ignored. We can create a remarkable society filled with an extraordinarily well educated and healthy work force, or the government will have to invent menial jobs and a strained safety net for the underemployed who will also tend to get sicker than educated people, and somehow their medical bills will be covered. One or the other of these things has to happen, and I bet the first of these would actually be cheaper in the long run. What do you think? I urge you to get a copy of The Spirit Level and have a look. Sincerely, Eric Olson Eric Olson Newton, MA 02465
So What Makes a Country? | 0
Being the top 1% does not a country make. As the gap widens between 99% and the 1%, the 1% will soon discover that the rest of the country is crumbling around them and they have little to keep them at the top 1%. Either the 1% exhibits a bit of humility or it destroys itself with its own greed. Harriet McCleary Minneapolis, MN 55404-3566
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
Give everyone there fair share. Adam Jones 11237
Your subject here | 0
You are no doubt feeling wronged and unappreciated for your dedication to making money. You need to feel afraid, very afraid, because we are hoisting our torches and pitchforks. We are so very tired of your waging class war on us out of your selfishness and greed. Carolyn R Johnson Dexter, MO 63841
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
My husband is 61 and I am 57. He was a business owner until 2001. In 2001 he changed careers. We had saved all our money in order to do this, and we had enough to work until a planned retirement at 65. Our money was invested in the stock market, much of it in mutual funds. Our portfolio is worth less than half of what it would have been worth had the "money changers" on Wall Street not used the market like a huge casino. We can look forward to many more years of work, thanks to you. We are completely unable to retire. My parents worked until ages 55 and 51 respectively. My father was a railroad yardmaster, and my mother was a retail manager. They put two of us through college, and still were able to retire young. They enjoyed more than 30 years of comfortable retirement. My husband and I will likely never fully retire. He is in a job that is physically very demanding. I don 't know how he is going to keep going. Marilyn Scattoreggio 11746
occupy Wall Street | 0
I was born in a depression and I will die in a depression. We are all victimzed by reckess Wall Street gambling. Those of you who colluded should know that greed is NOT good. Burt shachter 07444
Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. We are growing tired of fighting day to day to live. Jan Cowan St. Charles, MO 63301
Fwd: [jobparty] Johann Hollar left feedback on penpal | 0
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: NationBuilder Date: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:34 PM Subject: [jobparty] Johann Hollar left feedback on penpal To: Harry Waisbren Harry -- Johann Hollar left feedback on penpal You guys screwed up this country. I am not paying you a single dime for anything, no matter what my bills say. -- Harry Waisbren Job Party Organizer www.JobParty.Us Social Media Analyst
Thanks | 0
Thanks for pretending like we don't exist or love our families as much as you. Thanks for thinking of us as an entity not worth your respect as fellow human beings who need jobs and money to survive just as much as you. Thanks for justifying your greed as capitalism or the American way. I know that you know what you're doing is wrong and you have been lying to yourself for so long now, that you actually believe your own lies. A lot of people would like to see you do the right thing now, since so many of us have suffered on your behalf and now have taken the time to enlighten you to the fact that you are destroying America for 99% of us. What do you think will happen next if you don't do something 99% of us like. At some point, you will have to face the music. As you can see, we can't afford to do anything else but force you to. Chris Justin Napa, CA 94558
UNEMPLOYED & ANGRY! | 0
THANKS TO YOU BANKERS/CRIMINALS, WHO HAVE PUSHED FOR ALL THE FAILED FREE TRADE DEALS. & YOUR CORRUPT ACTIVITIES THAT CRASHED THE ECONOMY! I CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE! I AM A VERY SKILLED WORKER, & THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO BE OUT OF WORK! YOUR UNDO INFLUENCE OVER OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, WITH YOUR BOUGHT & PAID FOR PUPPETS IN GOVERNMENT. HAVE COST ME, & MILLIONS LIKE ME A DECENT LIVING! WHILE YOU HOG ALL THE WEALTH THAT'S LEFT AFTER YOU SEND IT OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, WE SUFFER NEEDLESSLY! WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? YOU HAVE SOLD YOUR COUNTRY OUT FOR YOUR OWN GREED! I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE MIRROR? UNLESS YOU ALL REPENT, & ADMIT TO YOUR CRIMES. THEN RETURN ALL THE ILL GOTTEN GAINS YOU HAVE STOLEN FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE..... WHEN THE JUDGEMENT DAY COMES, GOD WILL MAKE YOU ALL PAY FOR THESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY! THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR ALL OF YOU! & I HOPE THE DEMONS IN CHARGE OF YOUR ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, SPOON FEED YOU ALL BACK, ALL THE CRAP THAT YOU HAVE SPLATTERED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BEFORE THEY TOSS YOUR EVIL ASSES INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE! THIS IS A SAD SHAMEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS! REPENT NOW, & SAVE OUR NATION FROM THE TOTAL ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION THAT SURELY WILL COME, IF JUSTICE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS IS NOT RESTORED! Don A. McKenzie 45231
Avarice isn't acumen; corruption isn't capitalism | 0
Without the American public bailing you out, you'd all not only be out of work, you'd be behind bars. That still can - and should - happen ... to each of you and every politician you purchased, along with the officers and boards of bogus NGO's who facilitated your dirty deeds, and the select "businesses" that benefited from your scams. Greed is gauche. It always was and always will be. Susan 34946
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Despite our growing strength, the Wall Street bankers who crashed our economy still act like they can ignore us. So we're aiming our voices directly at the people who caused this global crisis by filling their inboxes with stories of how their recklessness affected our lives. Pastor Thomas 11701
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
My name is Lisa Kagan. I am currently, but will soon no longer be a Bank of America customer. I am totally blind and use adaptive technology to read print and operate a computer. Bank of America limits wire transfers to 1000 without pass-through. Their pass-through system is not accessable to us, even with adaptive technology. As a result, in order to transfer $4000 I have to give the bank an extra $75 or pay for a cab and use sighted assistance to withdraw the cash from my branch which is fifteen minutes away. I have repeatedly discussed the issue with customer service personnel but they refuse to fix it. My new bank has no limits on wire transfers and no pass-through. It is onconscionable for this company which received taxpayer bail-out funds and which should be subject to the civil rights laws of the United States and many states and local jurisdictions to pad its already obscene profits by taking advantage of the disabled. A teen-ager who steals a few dollarsworth of goods from a convenience store canend up with a long prison term under a draconian tsayo law buth noone seem to care if these corporate fatcats break the law. your story about life in the 99% here. Lisa Kagan 12414
Your subject here | 0
You 1% need to think long-term. Remember it is the godly man: :He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them." (Ezekiel 18:17). and then again Matthew (6:24) says “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Ponder on these things as you smolder in hell for eternity. Yes, vengeance is the Lord's. Praise the Name of the Lord, vermin, M C Kubiak Bloomington, IL 61701
Your subject here | 0
Dear 1% Why do you want to destroy America? This nation has turned into a consumer nation. If jobs are not created,then your lifestyles may well be altered also. There is tremendous unrest and rightfully so,most of us have played by the rules ,its time you played by the same rules. James Britt Beaumont, TX 77708
Our country first | 0
Put our country first and not just your wallet - you have a right to make money, but not when the pie slice is so large that fellow workers must sacrifice. Louise Cardellina Mattituck, NY 11952
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