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mick063

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3. There was talk of OWS starting up a bank.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:58 PM

Nov 2012

As well as other financial services.

The concept was to completely bypass the plutocrats.

I thought this was an excellent idea. Wish there was some way to follow up on it.

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Globally, 40 percent of banks are publicly owned, and they are concentrated in countries that also [View all] midnight Nov 2012 OP

It would be nice if we looked around our own country and the world... ReasonableToo Nov 2012 #1

Yes... It is time to start implementing best practices, and stop bailing out private banks... midnight Nov 2012 #2

There was talk of OWS starting up a bank. mick063 Nov 2012 #3

I was searching for an article that I read about this topic via Occupy Wall Street, but midnight Nov 2012 #5

As a criteria for joining the G7 Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2012 #4

Bankers writing laws is as criminal as ALEC writing our laws.... midnight Nov 2012 #6