Recently in the news: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Bank of America has canceled all plans to charge any of its customers a fee for using a debit card!
Not too long ago 22 year old Molly Katchpole created a petition to send to the CEO of Bank of America to drop its $5 monthly fee. With more than 300,000 signatures, today is , a victory. It's not only a victory it symbolizes the power of the little people, the 99%. All it took was one person to see change and do something about it.
People can mock and patronize the occupiers all over the nation and globe but at the end of the day we're sending a strong message with our actions. We have what the big companies want. They wouldn't be the big companies they are today without our assistance and most importantly our money. Because we decided to fight back and join Molly, close accounts, start new accounts with smaller banks like Credit Union, and sign pledges that vow that by November 5 people will take their money out of big banks--we've scared them! Now, no other bank wants to follow in Bank of America's footsteps and charge a monthly fee because they saw what we did in response and how strongly we reacted.
The point of this all is to tell these big companies that they're nothing without us. We can't afford not to pay attention to the news and what companies are doing. Be vigilante constantly and always know your rights. It's more than occupying, it's taking action! It doesn't matter how old your are or your educational background, we all can create change even in the smallest ways like starting an online petition.
We're the majority of the population in America versus a mere 1% that is mostly sustained by OUR money and attention. Don't listen to the media and other skeptics who think that this whole protest is a waste of time. Obviously it's not. The big companies are finally scared of the little guys. The 99% was asleep for awhile, but now that we're awake, we're taking charge.
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