Something we really want to emphasize here: This is neither a progressive nor a conservative idea. It’s about transferring power away from Wall Street banks and toward more community-oriented institutions. These comments help make the case:
“Love the idea! I already bank at a community bank but I think if enough people do this it’ll send a message to Wall Street that can’t be ignored. I placed the article on Facebook. I have progressive friends as well as conservative ones. I hope all read the article and see the positive as I did.”
-Gina S.
“Whatever your political views and whether you’re a Democrat, Republican or Independent, there is one thing we probably ALL can agree on and that is we have to find a way to break the hold the BIG BANKS and Wall Street have over our financial system. While we wait for the politicians to get off their sorry butts and stand up for us, there is something we all can do right now – MOVE OUR MONEY from big banks to small community banks. This video is excellent and the website associated with it will show you a list of small banks in your immediate area.”
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I fully support the concept being advanced here; I have already “fired” Chase for my credit card and am working on the others. I wonder, however, about how reliable rankings are. I am puzzled why, for example, Third Federal Savings and Loan of Cleveland is not on the list. It is highly rated, a community based-bank that has a very strong reputation for doing the right things when other banks were not. New York Times articles support these claims. On the other hand some of the banks that are on the list for the places we live do not have such good reputations.
Republicans want want failure, they want things like the insurance companies to continue to rake in billions and to keep the unwealthy at a disadvantage. The infrastructures portion was what we needed to get us going in advancing our country to come into the present but the old conservatives who want to go back to the “simpler times” (ie. slavery, and racial discrimination via lower education). Our country and everyday people need help due to bad financial policy and they are just not getting it. Who is getting it? Big business. God bless America.