Move Your Money?

Posted by mario piperni On December - 30 - 2009

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Here’s the idea.

If enough people who have money in one of the big four banks move it into smaller, more local, more traditional community banks, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward re-rigging the financial system so it becomes again the productive, stable engine for growth it’s meant to be. It’s neither Left nor Right — it’s populism at its best. Consider it a withdrawal tax on the big banks for the negative service they provide by consistently ignoring the public interest. It’s time for Americans to move their money out of these reckless behemoths. And you don’t have to worry, there is zero risk: deposit insurance is just as good at small banks — and unlike the big banks they don’t provide the toxic dividend of derivatives trading in a heads-they-win, tails-we-lose fashion.

Think of the message it will send to Wall Street — and to the White House. That we have had enough of the high-flying, no-limits-casino banking culture that continues to dominate Wall Street and Capitol Hill. That we won’t wait on Washington to act, because we know that Washington has, in fact, been a part of the problem from the start. We simply can’t count on Congress to fix things. We have to do it ourselves — and the big banks are the core of the problem. We need to return to the stable, reliable, people-oriented approach of America’s community banks.

Details at MoveYourMoney.

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2 Responses to “Move Your Money?”

  1. janine says:

    Well now that’s a great idea. I’m going to do that very thing

  2. Jovial says:

    I’ll have to check up on that. I know there is a limit that the banks will insure but it’s not in the millions. So what you say is true. If I distribute my money to five community banks instead of one big bank,I would be better protected

    Is there a way to find out the success of community banks? If there are a lot of bankruptcies,it may affect my decision