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The fight for Wall Street accountability is far from over.

What next for No blank check for Wall Street? There are a few important things to do at this point:
  1. A "lessons learned" discussion. What worked well? What could have gone better? What should we be thinking about now to prepare for the next time a battle flares up on short notice? Please share your perspectives in replies on Facebook and on the wiki.
  2. Let members of Congress know that we're holding them responsible for their vote. The easiest way to do this is on our thank/spank threads on Facebook here and here. If you'd like to be even more direct, let them know directly on their Facebook pages.
  3. Try to keep the media attention on the intense public opposition to a blank check for Wall Street. Our main short-term focus here will be our collaboration with MixedInk on our October 13 open letter to the presidential candidates. We'll start work on that next week -- stay tuned!

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  1. email information about us to your friends, and ask them to help.
  2. mention us and include links to our Facebook page and our open letter in comments on blogs
  3. if you're a blogger or journalist, write about us!
  4. if you know bloggers or journalists, ask them to write about us!
If you're on Facebook:
  1. Tell Nancy Pelosi how you feel on her Facebook page
  2. Sign up as a fan (and watch your "updates" for what's next)
  3. share our Facebook page with your friends you think will be interested, and post it to your profile
  4. join in the discussions or write on our page's wall. every time you do this, it goes out in your feed, and some of your friends are likely to notice -- and this contributes to our "viral growth"
  5. Let other politicians on Facebook know how you feel as well
If you're not on Facebook:
  1. sign up for our annoucement email list and check your email for what's next!
  2. phone or email your legislators and tell them how you feel



About no blank check for Wall Street


We're a multi-partisan group of people demanding accountability for Wall Street for its role in the 2008 financial crisis. We welcome those who oppose a bailout as well as those support a bailout with accountability. The easiest ways to stay in touch are via our Facebook feed or our announcements email list.

We currently have two principles:

1) Wall Street firms and executives should be held accountable, and should not be allowed to profit from misdeeds

2) any government spending or loan guarantees to Wall Street as part of a recovery package must not be a blank check; it must involve meaningful oversight, accountability, and fair compensation to taxpayers.

Please join us!

Thanks to Bobby McArthur for the logo!


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Anonymous Lets Not Shoot Ourselves in the Foot 0 Oct 7 2008, 11:36 AM EDT by Anonymous
 
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If Wall Street collapses, jobs will evaporate (it's already started), and the people who suffer worst will be the most vulnerable - the middle class and poor folks. So lets not get so caught up in our anger at the greedy bastards who caused this problem that we shoot ourselves in the foot. Make no mistake about it, if Wall Street goes down, it will be Main Street that provides the cushion for its landing. The rich can live with less; the poor cannot. Hold your nose if you must, but don't be fools and let the economy collapse around us. We will all pay dearly if it does.
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Anonymous Section 8 of the bailout draft-Pre-emptive Nuke of Any/All Oversight 1 Sep 25 2008, 2:24 PM EDT by JonPincus
 
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http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/20/text-of-the-bailout-legislation/

Sect 4 speaks of a 'reporting requirement' to Ways & Means - but apparently this is intended purely as a token brochure upon which no action may be taken or questions asked:

'Sec. 8. Review.

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.'

Make no mistake, this is a blatantly unconstitutional power grab - effectively a financial coups d'etats-unis - wallpapering over the articulated separation of powers (USC Art.I,2 & 3). Simply proposing it may be & certainly voting for it in this form is an impeachable offense for any public official.
http://www.votenobailout.org/
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