Taking on the banks, one ‘brat’ at a time

[Celebration]

http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/2011_1002taking_on_the_banks_one_brat_at_a_time

Something’s happening here and across the country, despite repeated dismissals of these protesters as the usual, disorganized and dizzy suspects in their “Arrest Bush and Cheney” T-shirts. They aren’t focused, critics say. They’re leaderless, tiny in numbers; a “bunch of spoiled brats” said the New York Daily News about the Occupy Wall Street protesters this week.

Well, I’ll take spoiled brats over the rest of us complacent sheep who just lie down and take what’s happened here: that is, a corrupt Wall Street that bankrupted millions of Americans, through no fault of their own. The financiers not only escape prosecution but get bailed out by taxpayers. Now these same financiers are underwriting campaigns of politicians who are supposed to fix this mess to benefit the public, not the high-rollers who stuff their campaign chests.

Without millions more spoiled brats — and their parents — fighting back, I doubt anything will change.

It was widely reported this week that the 12 congressional members of the deficit-fixing so-called super-committee have received at least $41 million in campaign contributions from financiers over the years. And super-committee members have more than two dozen current or former aides who have represented Wall Street as lobbyists.

[demigoddess]

1. as a military brat I resent the use of that word. We used to call

people that that 'damncivilians'. One word.

[sam11111]

2. credit unions: move your money from banks to a credit union

Bankers usually donate to the GOP.

IMHO