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#iDONTSUPPORT: Your vote on the big banks | Jon Talton
Posted by Jon Talton
Whatever the claims that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't really have an agenda, it's mad as heck at the big banks: The ones that wrecked the economy, made billions off the bubble, lavishly compensated their big bosses while leading to as many as 30 million un- and underemployed Americans, a juicy taxpayer bailout that left Too Big To Fail institutions bigger and more dangerous than ever -- and no justice. Now they want to hike debit-card fees.
Let's do two Friday polls:
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