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No consequences | 0
Re: your crimes. We see you. We know what you have done. You are protected by the polititions you have purchased. Lezah Marrs 78616
Environmental destruction | 0
We live on a precious planet; a one time endowment. It is appauling to see the destruction of our land, water and air for the greed of a few. What kind of legacy is being left for the future? A ruined planet, a sick planet, a planet depleted of its abundance. What a catastrophe. It is not only a crime against humanity, but a crime against life itself. Stand with those who want a cleaner world where our air and water are restored and our food supply is diverse and not created as a monoculture or genetically modified. Help humanity build healthy communities in which all participate and share in the wealth. Life is to short to hoarde goods. In the end, like everyone else, you will have nothing at all. Share and care is the only answer. Nancy Earle Bucksport, ME 04416
Your Shady Financial Activity | 0
Dodd - Frank Speculation clause is finally coming into effect. Now will be the time to push for criminal prosecution. Jean Corcoran Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-4022
It was your choice. | 0
You had your chance to choose "all for one & one for all". Instead, you chose greed & selfishness. So -- this rebellion is our response. Who wins - money or people? AE Houston Cedar Grove, NC 27231
can I borrow a dollar | 0
If the 100 CEOS & board members each let me borrow a dollar a month it can get me through the winter. I work very hard but I don't get paid enough and oil is very expensive to heat my home. I also heard that the price of oil may be going up . So I promise I will pay you all back once the economy of the hard working people is balanced with the heads of big cooperations & I can afford to. If all of you sponsor one of us it can help with our necessities . What do you spend your money on after your basic needs are met ? What are your basic needs? susan skidgel West Haven, CT 06516
Please join us | 0
Let me tell you a true story. During the great depression a woman had a chance to visit a friend. The friend spoke with great woe over the fact that she had to sell one of her three homes in order to make ends meet. A great many family heirlooms were sold in the process. At one point the friend stepped out of the room and the woman picked up a conversation with the maid. The woman asked the maid how the current times were affecting her. The maid shared that her husband had been laid off, so she was supporting both of them. Also her brother-in-law had been injured and was unable to work, and as a result her sister and brother-in-law lost their home and so were also living with them. So the maid was now supporting four people on her salary which previously had been less than half of the family income. Which of these women, do you think, was sacrificing more? Which had the bigger burden to carry? By the numbers, the rich woman who had to liquidate one of her homes of course lost thousands of times more. But absolute numbers are not the whole story. Fast forward to today. I must admit I do not understand how anyone could stomach accepting a bonus for contributing to the economic meltdown, even it it was the way the rules of the company were set up. I find it unconscionable that any organization would designate bonuses in this situation, and simultaneously have the gall to ask for a penny in economic bailout. If you would like me to avoid an "us" and "them" mentality, then I need to see that the wealthy are willing to carry a fair share of the burden - which means a greater percentage of taxes. Trust me, if you do, you will still be at the top one percent when it is over. Looking at the unrest brewing across the country, I would predict that if you don't ante up, the turmoil that results may put you and your family and your lifestyle in a much less favorable position when the dust settles. Susan Marie Frontczak Boulder, CO 80305
Thanks. A lot. | 0
Our water is poisoned. Our air is poisoned. Our land is poisoned. We can hardly pay our bills. But hey, you're comfortable. VERY comfortable. And that's all that really matters, right? Peggy Schramm Waukegan, IL 60085
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
You and I have in common our love of capitalism and the opportunities it offers. However, this past decade, the behavior of those in banking and trading has been immoral: 1. gambling with retirements and investments to make a quick buck on high-risk trading and mortgages; 2. turning people out of their homes after conducting illegal and unethical mortgage lending, again to make a buck; 3. after getting caught, tightening lending so that those still owning homes and businesses cannot get loans to save themselves from financial disaster, as if they were responsible for your behavior; 4. and a general love of money over responsibility to the working classes consuming your products. Stop it! There is no need to stop lending, investing, or trading: you need to stop loving money over people, stop making money by abusing your customers, and return to the old fashioned principles of responsibility to the community, fairness, and empathy for the results your behavior has on others. Go ahead, make money! But do so legally, morally, and ethically for all our sakes. Kate Adler 13214
Bleeding us dry... | 0
Dear Sirs, per the following article, I would respond, that the rich make their obscene profits by bleeding us dry. How dare Herbert Cain say get a job, when corporations choose to lay off 1000's to secure their own bottom line. I WORK HARD, 16 HOUR DAYS TOO!!My paycheck is increasingly drained by corporations bleeding us dry... Blue Cross Blue Shield raising my premium 26% last year...THAT IS CRIMINAL!, OIL COMPANIES, my cost to GET to work has quadrupled in the last 5 years...QUADRUPLED!!! Talk about disconnect, the 1% cannot even fathom the plight of middle America... we ARE NOT WELFARE... WE WORK HARD. Signed, Kathleen Bessen "Occupy Wall Street Protests Rankle the Rich By ALAN FARNHAM | ABC News – Mon, Oct 10, 2011.." Cain says people who are not rich have only themselves to blame. "Don't blame Wall Street," he told protesters, in an interview with the Wall St. Journal. "Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself. It's not a person's fault because they succeeded. It is a person's fault if they failed. And so this is why I don't understand these demonstrations and what is it that they're looking for." Kathleen Bessen 60424
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
Stop toying with peoples lives! Pay your fair share! Greed is a cancer! Armando Fente 11201
Bleeding us dry... | 0
Dear Sirs, per the following article, I would respond, that the rich make their obscene profits by bleeding us dry. How dare Herbert Cain say get a job, when corporations choose to lay off 1000's to secure their own bottom line. I WORK HARD, 16 HOUR DAYS TOO!!My paycheck is increasingly drained by corporations bleeding us dry... Blue Cross Blue Shield raising my premium 26% last year...THAT IS CRIMINAL!, OIL COMPANIES, my cost to GET to work has quadrupled in the last 5 years...QUADRUPLED!!! Talk about disconnect, the 1% cannot even fathom the plight of middle America... we ARE NOT WELFARE... WE WORK HARD. Signed, Kathleen Bessen "Occupy Wall Street Protests Rankle the Rich By ALAN FARNHAM | ABC News – Mon, Oct 10, 2011.." Cain says people who are not rich have only themselves to blame. "Don't blame Wall Street," he told protesters, in an interview with the Wall St. Journal. "Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself. It's not a person's fault because they succeeded. It is a person's fault if they failed. And so this is why I don't understand these demonstrations and what is it that they're looking for." Kathleen Bessen 60424
common sense | 1
Even if your conscience doesn't tell you that things must change, use your head. Way back in my Catholic high school history class my teacher would say, "Look what happens over and over. Whenever the gap between the top and the bottom gets too wide --- revolution! You can count on it." It's in your best interest to make sure our economic system is equitable. Thank you for your time. Catherine Krenek 48124
WE THE PEOPLE are too big to fail! | 0
How much wealth is enough for you guys? Or is there any limit at all? You've been biting the hands that feed you, and we've taken as much of it as we are going to. America is not for sale! Andrea Bloom 60518
Get a real job | 0
For years Wall Street has grown and prospered while providing less and less of anything of value to our country. And then it got worse. Wall Street perpetrated a scheme to steal unheard of amounts of money from the people of our country and destroy the economy, the future and the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans and people world wide. Your victims know what you did and are starting to identify those responsible. Francis 19013
Get a real job | 0
For years Wall Street has grown and prospered while providing less and less of anything of value to our country. And then it got worse. Wall Street perpetrated a scheme to steal unheard of amounts of money from the people of our country and destroy the economy, the future and the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans and people world wide. Your victims know what you did and are starting to identify those responsible. Francis 19013
What We Need | 0
We need higher taxes on the rich, a minimum income for everyone, an end to foreign wars, and a rapid switch to a renewable energy. Ann Agranoff 11372
Keeping the 99% solvent | 0
My husband and I (ages 73 and almost 66) are both retired, he from teaching chemistry at a university, and I from nursing. In 2008 our son almost died in a car crash. He required a long rehab. and was awarded social security disability payments because of his severe brain injury. He now works part time at 8.00 an hour. Because he was less than 23 at the time of the accident, when he got his disability, Social Security took away part of my check to make up the difference. We were already paying his gasoline and car insurance and health insurance, when he was working full time at 8.00 an hour. Besides all that the economic crash caused at least in part by bad choices on the part of large financial institutions caused my husband's retirement to be worth a lot less than we were counting on. On top of everything else, a friend became homeless, and for a number of reasons, some health-related, was unable to find work. We have been trying to help her keep afloat until she and/or her two sons, also unemployed, can find a job. We are at the end of our rope. Do you see how it doesn't set well with us to read about people who get millions of dollars in bonuses as a reward for making other people able to get millions of dollars? We have worked hard, tried to live right, and take care of our family all our lives, and now we are getting worse and worse off financially with no prospects in sight. We are in an investment club, which has suffered also from the bad economy. We are a little ahead of the game there, but not much. I give music lessons for an extra hundred or two a month. I am also back in school retraining as a counselor. School is expensive, even though I was able to get the "senior discount" and a government loan, and It takes time to get through the program. Pretty ambitions for someone my age, but at least I am trying to do something to get out of this hole. Meredith Nisbet Arkadelphia, AR 71923-5449
Corperate and Personal Greed. | 0
How do Americas CEO's live with their own shameful greed. How can any human believe that their work is worth over four hundred times more than their coworkers. It's just shameful that our society is so excepting of this kind of behavior. Moreover, this is criminal behavior . Greg Adams Woodland, CA 95695
ENOUGH! | 0
Stop outsourcing our jobs. Stop with the excessive compensation. You are ruining this country one basis point at a time. Jennifer Bullard NY, NY 10029
America | 0
Dear Sir/Madam, You have the chance now to join in the movement to make America better and make your business an ally of the people. Come forward with plans to cut charges, make loans, become an advocate for the 99% and stop buying politicians who act as your puppets to the detriment of "We The People". Elisa Drews 34210
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
How about a Chase bank employee cancelling my CD by mistake after handing me a certificate of renewal! A year later, I found that the principal had been deposited in my account on the same day they handed me the renewal certificate. I didn't notice that deposit until I wished to renew again and found out that the certificate was worthless. I lost a year's interest on that money. They refused to acknowledge their mistake. C. S. Russell 10031-9101
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