It seems that todays Action by US UnCut reached at least one person and that person was so moved that they proudly walked into the Bank of America to close her account. But, when she came out of the bank she was in shock and near tears. When asked why? The response was “The manager asked me why I wanted to close my account. I told him it was because Bank of America pays no taxes. The manager then refused to close my account and said if I did not leave he would call the police.” The person has asked that her name not be used but has sworn that she will go to another branch and close her account on Monday.
I say that we ALL close our accounts and move our accounts to a Credit Union or a locally owned bank; I will be doing this first thing tomorrow. Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandi both taught us to speak “with your money” and they both talked about Boycotts. This is something that we as Americans need to do!
I am not asking you to do something that I am not willing to do, I am asking you to do what myself and others are doing, including the Wisconsin Firemen and Policemen, and bring your money back to your local banks, credit unions and savings and loans. It may not seem like much but every dollar you take back is one less they can earn interest on and buy politicians!
Dr King said it best and I will close with a quote from his “Mountaintop Speech”
Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.
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Suzy,
Thank you for reading. I hope to live up to such high praise again. Next week we have more coming so please check back.
I did have problems with this so please solve my problem. I was searching on the web for the same thing, but couldn’t figure out the big picture… Any advice?
The best advice I had from a lawyer was to do the following. He is not a banking lawyer so please take it with that caveat.
“Anyone who wants to close an account should write to the branch they went into, recount Saturday’s refusal, and insist the account be closed. If it’s in writing, it is no longer your word against theirs & you might be able to cover yourself if they try to charge you for failing to maintain a required minimum balance.”
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