Want to Do Something?

Karl Denninger, at the Market Ticker put up an action post today.

Well worth a read for the actively-inclined.

------------------------Denninger writes:

Folks, in a few weeks the Congress will adjourn for Presidents' Day. All the Congressfolk will return home. Your Congressman or woman is almost certainly within a couple of hours drive of your home, and most are within a half-hour.

For those in the second group - why aren't you getting prepared to picket in front of your Congressman's office? Ask for an appointment to see him or her - not an aide, the Congressperson themself. If refused, chase him or her down as he comes out of that office and gets into his or her car. I'm not advocating lawlessness, but verbally haranguing him and making him very uncomfortable with his lack of representation of you, who are paying his salary, is not only your Constitutional Right but is your duty if you see something that he or she is doing wrong!

Whining will fix nothing. Complaining will fix nothing. Raising hell in a lawful and Constitutionally-protected fashion may or may not fix something, but there's only one way you're going to find out!

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Finally, there is a form of direct action we all can take. Tired of the games? Tired of the "pigmen"?

Take away their fun.

How?

Find yourself a local credit union and move your money there. Get their credit card if they have one, then cut up the ones from the major banks and financial institutions. Get all funds out of any institution that took TARP money, and tell them why. When you move your account, tell the NEW institution that if THEY take TARP money you're closing your account the next day. Buy only that which you need. Send a strong signal by saving; by not being a consumerist sheep. By not spending more than you can afford to pay for in cash. By not enabling the debt-binge.

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