We've been told that our nation is close to financial collapse. We have been told that our only recourse is to hand over $700 Billion dollars to a former Wall Street executive with no rules for the spending of these dollars. Yesterday started early with preparations to demonstrate against the "bailout" in front of the White House. From there we went to support some homeless folks being thrown out of the only men's shelter in DC. That was pretty intense. We basically had a very slow walk around and around the intersection in front of the shelter during rush hour in Washington, DC. For some reason, fear leaves me in these times. It's empowering and I stop worrying about things that would normally make me pretty jumpy.
I have to say, this makes me nuts. When the people ask for universal healthcare, we are told that it would just be too expensive, drive taxes sky high and it would be far far too complicated a thing for the government to handle. Well my friends, you want to talk about too expensive, high taxes and complicated, let's take a look at this bailout ordeal.
People did try to get Washington to address the foreclosure problem, but they just couldn't really come through. Now, that the foreclosure issue hits the rich, the issue has become an Emergency.
On Monday, September 29 I joined Code Pink in a Die-in on the steps of the Congressional Office Building and in front of the Capitol. We started the day by visiting the offices of Rep. Barney Frank and Speaker Pelosi. After a lively debate, we went outside for a press conference. We were all dressed to represent a group of Americans who have been hurt by the economic nightmare, but not bailed out.
The full set of photos can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/codepinkalert/2902735586/
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