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SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO

The big corporate banks and Wall Street institutions that took our economy to the brink of collapse are coming to Chicago.

After taking our trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout, these big banks have been doling out huge executive bonuses, raking in profits and spending millions to defeat reform that would crack down on their risky and predatory practices.

Enough is enough – it’s time to take our demands for more accountability to the streets. Thousands of others will be protesting the banksters at the upcoming American Banking Association convention in Chicago. Join us!

Executives from the nation’s biggest banks will be there. We need to show them that we won’t back down until there is more oversight, transparency and accountability in the banking industry. The more people who protest in Chicago, the more attention we’ll get in Washington for commonsense reforms!

What: SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO: March on the bankers convention to put the people first!

Where: Chicago, Illinois. The march will start at the intersection of Stetson and Wacker, cross the Chicago River and end with a rally at the Banker’s Convention at the Sheraton Hotel (301 East North Water Street, Chicago).

When: Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10:30 a.m.

Be a Public Citizen! Bring your homemade signs! Tell us below which slogans and sentiments you’ll put on your sign. There also will be events held on Sunday, Oct. 25 and Monday, Oct. 26. Learn more here about what’s happening during the Showdown in Chicago.

If you can't make it to the protest, you can still take action.

Can you join the thousands of other fed up consumers to show the Wall Street bankers that we won’t settle for anything less than real financial reform? Use the form below to let us know if you are interested in protesting. Add a comment to share what your sign will say!

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Number	Date	Name	Personalize your signature by adding a comment.
45	October 29, 2009	Raymond Gray	I'm now realizing how much of the financial disaster was not just excessive risk-taking but outright fraud, perpetuated by the largest banks with insider government help. Read, for example, "Wall Street Titans Use Aliases to Foreclose on Families While Partnering With a Federal Agency" here (scan down past header promo): http://www.counterpunch.org/martens10052009.html I'm looking for a public policy agency willing to go to court and expose these @#$#%# cretins and their government enablers. RCharles
44	October 28, 2009	Jason LeVeck	It is high time that Americans take back their nation from domestice/international global banking cartels and the crooks in Washington that have bedded down with them for the last 100. Let a free market and capitalism reign.
43	October 27, 2009	MICHELE GANNON
42	October 27, 2009	Carol Wash	ENOUGH OF BANK OFFICERS CRIMINALITY!!!
41	October 27, 2009	Anonymous
40	October 26, 2009	T. Earls
39	October 26, 2009	Karen Gray
38	October 26, 2009	Richard McArthur
37	October 26, 2009	Richard McArthur
36	October 26, 2009	Richard McArthur
35	October 26, 2009	Savannah Hawkins
34	October 26, 2009	Lettie McSpadden	FORECLOSE BIG BANKS
33	October 26, 2009	steve ramsey
32	October 26, 2009	Steven Ramey	We give them [ banking industry ] our hard earned money to keep their jobs...they then repay us by giving themselves millions in bonuses...what in hell is going on with our govenrment and our representatives ???? Are they totally out of their minds ?????
31	October 26, 2009	Anonymous
30	October 24, 2009	John Girard	I am out of work and trying to balance a budget while people like these are getting away with THEFT!
29	October 23, 2009	Martin Macias Jr
28	October 22, 2009	Nick Babino
27	October 22, 2009	Bridget Palecek	It's time our government regulated the banks, and wall street. When we, the tax payers, have to bail them out when they screw up, we should demand that they follow certain rules that are set up to keep these institutions trustworthy.
26	October 22, 2009	John Mammoser	Please remove the people responsible for our economic meltdown and replace them with co mpetent and ethically responsible personnel.
25	October 22, 2009	David Torrence	I have no problems with payment for services rendered. I have a significant problem with payment for damages inflicted on other people. A decision needs to be made about the role of the banking industry in our economy; if banks are going to be profit-oriented, they owe an obligation to every depositor to disclose FULLY and COMPLETELY every action they take that puts a depositor's money at risk of being lost. And if banks are not willing to disclose fully, legislation regulating what they can do with other people's capital MUST be created and STRICTLY enforced.
24	October 21, 2009	Sarah Winblad
23	October 21, 2009	Keith and Marilynn Hamilton	We neeed accountability from bankers, and end to the atrocious greed in the face of poverty in our nation. They need to be regulated. Revs. Keith and Marilynn Hamilton
22	October 21, 2009	Mark Messing
21	October 21, 2009	kim english

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