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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 04:32 PM
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Protesters shut down local BofA branch and flood McConnell and Boehner's offices
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In addition to shutting down a local Bank of America branch, Make Wall Street Pay protesters also demonstrated outside the convention of the National Association of Attorneys General, demanding action on the foreclosure crisis. They also flooded the offices of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), demanding that both support policies that would make big Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup pay their fair share before attacking investments and crucial services in Main Street America.

UPDATE Inside the Bank of America, protesters handed the bank-teller a bill for the amount of taxes the megabank failed to pay in recent years:



UPDATE Scores of protesters flooded Boehner's office, telling him they "found the money" we need to tackle our debt without laying off teachers and gutting crucial services:



UPDATE The protesters also encamped outside McConnell's office:



UPDATE Protesters captured video of the demonstration at Bank of America. Watch it:

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