The below is courtesy of the folks at impeachbush.org.
I hope you realize that if Pelosi had had the balls two years ago to do her damn job and impeached Bush and Cheney -- our situation would be ever so much better.
And if you think Obama is going to take a stand on this bail -- you are a sucker who hasn't been paying attention to his donors which is rife and plump with Wall Street fat cats. Obama is bought and paid for already.
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Demand that the Bailout Legislation Be Rejected
We are witnessing a bankers' coup d’etat. In the name of saving the economy from a crisis created by their own greed and immense profits, Bush and the biggest bankers have taken a country and a people hostage.“Give us your money and tear up what’s left of your Constitution or we will sink your economy,” is the message from Wall Street and the Bush Administration. “Give us the power and money we demand or you will be left jobless from a new economic depression."
Under the pretext of the banking crisis, the Bush Administration is changing the way this country operates. This is not simply taking trillions of dollars from the people and giving it to the richest bankers to do with as they see fit.
Click here to send your letter to Congress
Congress is poised to vote to give the Executive Branch of government, and specifically the White House’s political appointees in the Treasury Department, the absolute right to take our money and give it to domestic and foreign banks and corporations without any oversight of elected officials, from the courts, or from the people.
The new legislation states: “Decisions by the Secretary [of the Treasury] pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” The Legislation allows the Treasury Department to appoint the same bankers who created the crisis to administer and dictate the use of trillions of our tax dollars.
We will not stand by and let the Bush Administration formalize its vision of a “government of, by and for the richest bankers."
The new system institutionalizes theft on a grand scale. Lehman Brothers bankers will receive $2.5 billion in bonuses after their company went bankrupt last week, but the new dictatorial authority under the White House and Treasury Department has ruled out any relief for the millions of working families who are being foreclosed.
We live in a $15 trillion annual economy. Instead of taking our tax dollars and giving it to the already rich and powerful, these funds should be used provide to decent paying jobs, affordable housing, health care and a good education for our children. There is another way!
Now is the time to hear the voice of the people. A spineless Congress authorized Bush’s illegal war in Iraq and rubber-stamped the Patriot Act. Now they are being herded like sheep again to give the White House and Wall Street dictatorial control over the people’s money.
Click here to send your letter to Congress
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It takes less than a minute to fill out the form and send the letter. So get off your ass, click over to www.votenobailout.org and do it.
This is the text:
"Congress has no right to give the White House and its Secretary of the Treasury the power to transfer the people's money to the richest bankers in the country. Vote No to the Bailout legislation. The Bailout legislation is being rammed through Congress in a matter of days. This is an illegal power grab by the White House and their richest friends on Wall Street. The Legislation allows the Treasury Department to appoint the same bankers who created the crisis to administer and dictate the use of trillions of our tax dollars. It is also one of the biggest transfers of wealth from working families to the ultra-rich in the history of the United States.
Congress should help families stay in their homes. Wealthy executives should be forced to disgorge their obscene profits, fees and bonuses that made them ultra-rich while they ran the economy into the ground."
Congress should help families stay in their homes. Wealthy executives should be forced to disgorge their obscene profits, fees and bonuses that made them ultra-rich while they ran the economy into the ground."
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I called my rep and senators today, but will send this letter as well.
I'm game!
Count me in.
Thanks for this...very helpful and will be passed on to many of my friends.
Why wait for that promotion, just start at the top!
Barrack Obama started campaigning for President only months after being elected senator. This is representative of our “I want mine now!” culture. This is exactly why tax payers are bailing out greedy stock traders to the tune of $700,000,000,000. Do we really want someone who believes in his untimely entitlement in the White House?
Barrack Obama started campaigning for President only months after being elected senator. This is representative of our “I want mine now!” culture. This is exactly why tax payers are bailing out greedy stock traders to the tune of $700,000,000,000. Do we really want someone who believes in his untimely entitlement in the White House?
I will vote no bailout and appreciate your posting this on Open Salon. It is nice to see you hear and I hope that you find some of the discussions interesting.
Thanks for your posting.
This may become an historical event, known as the time when the people rose up and demanded to be treated fairly. Hopefully, this deal with not deal the people out.
This may become an historical event, known as the time when the people rose up and demanded to be treated fairly. Hopefully, this deal with not deal the people out.
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