Near record unemployment levels mean that 25 million Americans are out of work or forced to scrape by on part-time jobs.
This year alone, about 2 million families will be evicted due to the foreclosure crisis.
The ‘bailout bandit’ banks plan to pay $75 Billion in executive bonuses this year, while pushing people from homes and jobs, charging obscene fees and eliminating jobs. They are also spending million of dollars lobbying against a recovery for the rest of us.
The health insurance industry makes massive profits by denying care and spends millions fighting any reform.
Yet, many pundits and some in Congress say everything is OK. It’s back to “business as usual.”
We must tell Congress that the crisis is very real, that there is no such thing as a “jobless recovery” and that we need bold action to create jobs and make the economy work for everyone.
Across the country, JwJ coalitions held more than 30 actions this week, at banks and other ‘corporate criminals,’ saying that “enough is enough!”
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