I took my money out of WaMu when it bellied up and was taken over by a bank that then had to receive bailout money. I wasn't fearful I would lose my money; I was outraged at banking mismanagement, abuse, greed, and more! Years ago I went to a single credit card with no fees that automatically pays itself off every month without my doing anything. More and more I avoid big box corporations for local businesses. I blog non-stop about this disgusting mess we're in. And I walk or cycle along the ocean every chance I get to stay sane.
But Michael's right. There are other things on this list I need to start doing--regularly!
FIVE THINGS WE DEMAND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DO IMMEDIATELY:
1. Declare a moratorium on all home evictions.
2. Congress must join the civilized world and expand Medicare For All Americans.
3. Demand publicly-funded elections and a prohibition on elected officials leaving office and becoming lobbyists.
4. Each of the 50 states must create a state-owned public bank like they have in North Dakota.
5. Save this fragile planet and declare that all the energy resources above and beneath the ground are owned collectively by all of us--just like they do it in Sarah Palin's socialist Alaska*.
FIVE THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT LISTEN TO US:
1. Each of us must get into the daily habit of taking 5 minutes to make four brief calls: One to the President (202-456-1414), one to your Congressperson (202-224-3121) and one to each of your two Senators (202-224-3121). To find out who represents you, click here. Take just one minute on each of these calls to let them know how you expect them to vote on a particular issue. ... Trust me, they will listen. If you have another five minutes, click here to send them each an email.
2. Take over your local Democratic Party.
3. Recruit someone to run for office who can win in your local elections next year -- or, better yet, consider running for office yourself!
4. Show up. Picket the local branch of a big bank that took the bailout money. Hold vigils and marches. Consider civil disobedience. Those town hall meetings are open to you, too (and there's more of us than there are of them!). Make some noise, have some fun, get on the local news. Place "Capitalism Did This" signs on empty foreclosed homes, closed down businesses, crumbling schools and infrastructure. (You can download them from my website.)
5. Start your own media. You.
FIVE THINGS WE SHOULD DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS MESS:
1. Take your money out of your bank if it took bailout money and place it in a locally-owned bank or, preferably, a credit union.
2. Get rid of all your credit cards but one -- the kind where you have to pay up at the end of the month or you lose your card.
3. Do not invest in the stock market.
4. Unionize your workplace so that you and your coworkers have a say in how your business is run.
5. Take care of yourself and your family.
Yours, Michael Moore
link: Michael Moore: My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now
* Yeah, isn't it ironic that Alaska really is the most socialist state in the union!!! (For those that don't know, in Alaska you have no taxes and the state sends every resident a check every year from the oil revenue!)
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