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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Wall St Says 'Rolling Jubilee' Raises Enough to Abolish $6 Million in Debt [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)victims of Sandy. As the media even has reported, OWS has mobilized thousands of volunteers to go into the most neglected areas to help those victims, minus the big exec salaries and red tape.
They have been amazing. They also have helped keep people in their homes, stopping illegal foreclosures and forcing banks to work out, as they are supposed to do, mortgage adjustments under the President's program rather than throw people out in the street. It's hard to calculate how many people OWS has helped over the past year, to stay in their homes, to provide shelter and services for the homeless, now to forgive debt showing the way all the time to how this country could be a better country for its people.
How many Americans have you helped btw during that period of time? How many has Congress kept in their homes? What have they done to even make a dent in the obscene debt students have been forced to carry IF they want an education?